PYOK is reporting that a recent memo by the Unite union says that BA "have begun a trial whereby there will be no cleaning completed in the cabin during turnarounds". “The company has confirmed that this trial is being carried out in response to improving turnaround performance for customers and will focus particularly on reducing delays during times of disruption.”
PYOK says that "it’s believed that the trial will be running for just over a week and only on some of BA’s shortest domestic and European services. Cabin crew are being encouraged to collect as much trash as possible prior to landing to get the aircraft turned around as quickly as possible."
Apparently this was a trial only on the DUB services whereby a clean would not be conducted on the turn in DUB, apart from to move the CE divider and dress the CE cabin.
According to leadership the trial was in place to see what effect it had on the turn time etc to see if it’s a strategy that could be used to minimise delays in times of disruption.
However, there was some confusion in DUB where the TRM’s would ask the crew to clean the aircraft and this is where the communication from the Union has come from - crews won’t be cleaning the aircraft.
Believe the trial has now ended anyway.