British Airways (BA) cabin crew on Saturday launched a two-week payroll strike and responded to sanctions imposed by the union leaders who participated in previous protests.
The strike threatens to cancel some flights, chaos at airports and further damage to the prestige of the flagship British carrier. However, the Directorate of BA, however, ensures that most passengers will not suffer its effects.
In the strike come people from the so-called. "Mixed crews", working both on local and long-haul aircraft. They account for about 1/3 of all BA cabin crew. It is these crews that have been left behind in the wage dispute with management since last year. Unite received a union offer called "pay for the poor".
The pay dispute has been resolved to a large extent since the last year. However, the unionists decided that another strike wanted to protest against the way they treated the company's management during previous protests and sanctions against them.
According to the BA Directorate, flights from Gatwick and London City will not be disturbed. At London's largest Heathrow port, a strike may touch some of the connections.
It is estimated that during the strike about 400 thousand. Passengers can feel its effects.
Just over a month ago, thousands of BA passengers were saved and traveled to airports as a result of extensive computer system malfunction.