Originally Posted by
traveller5
BBC were decidedly unimpressed on tonight's 6 o'clock news - 1,000 trained volunteers against a cabin crew work force of 13,000 is hardly going to make a difference on strike days...
Optimistically taking Willie at his word, my understanding was that the 1,000 volunteers came in addition to the 6,000 cabin crew that have chosen not to strike - not 1,000 standing in for 13,000.