rapidex

I bet the tier point runners will be jealous,routing LHR-CAI-LHR-DOH is quite a long way round.

My personal opinion you have next to no chance of being able to fly CAI-DOH.

Tobias-UK

BA have had information on their website since 16 June - it says (my bold for emphasis):

"All British Airways customers will be able to fly to their destinations, despite 16 further days of threatened industrial action by Mixed Fleet Unite ...".

The full text is available here: https://www.britishairways.com/trave...b?p_faqid=5783

I am due to fly several times during the proposed strike period and I am not concerned at all about being able to get to or from my destinations. I might have to take an earlier or later flight (of my choice) or the flights will operate to schedule.

florens

Thanks for that. I expected it to be on the main page though. They don't say when the passengers will be at the destination though (e.g. later than originally scheduled).

KARFA

Based on the previous strikes, the cancellations tended to be on higher frequency routes (like MAN) where passengers could be easily re-booked for same day travel but on an earlier or later service. I don't happen to have any MAN flights booked during the strike period, but if I did and I was unlucky enough to be on a flight that did get cancelled I would expect the extent of my disruption to be limited to a few hours either side of the original flight.

MPH1980

Indeed, and this is the point I made in my earlier post - if you have to be on that flight (or something very similar) - book a plan B.

If you can afford a few hours (earlier or later) - then you'll be fine.

In my case - if the first flight of the day gets cancelled (and BA aren't understanding) I'm stuffed. If the second flight of the day gets cancelled but the first doesn't, I'm fine.

So I'm not taking the risk.

ddani01

I'm flying the LHR-HEL route on the 5th July and HEL-LHR on the 10th July. My outbound flight is BA0794 departing at 11:25 and my inbound flight is BA0795 departing at 7:45 (first flight of the HEL-LHR schedule!) I understand that these flights are operated on by the MF crew so is it likely that both my flights will be disrupted? I have already spent £££ in transport costs and numerous other things so won't be best pleased if cancelled!

BA6501

You'll be happen to know that, on the outbound, there's a Finnair flight an hour before and on the return there is one at the same time (± 5 minutes).
Both are on the A350.

KARFA

Welcome to FT.

I think first thing to bear in mind is that this strike involves a small proportion of the MF crew, and with previous strikes there were no more than a handful of cancellations on each day. Also I don't remember HEL having any cancellations previously, these seemed more targeted at ABZ, MAN, DUS, and one or two other routes. This strike is a little different since it is over a longer period though so perhaps there may be a different approach by BA for this one.

Also in the unlikely event there is some disruption to your particular flight there is another BA flight to HEL every day, and more importantly I think there are 3/4 AY flights every day which you could be rebooked on - you could even find yourself rebooked on the AY A350 which they run every day between HEL and LHR. I therefore think that if I were you I wouldn't be particularly concerned.

KosherKimchee

The post in the wiki re: cancellations from prior strike dates said he/she only checked short and mid-haul flights when cancellations to ABZ, MAN, DUS etc were identified. For sure were there no longhaul cancellations? Feeling slightly uneasy about a MF longhaul award booked during the next strike period.

KARFA

There were some long haul cancellations. Not many though. I think AUH was one that was cancelled on a few occasions. I didn't check long haul routes though, and it was the short haul/domestic routes that bore most of the cancellations.

Beaulieu

Not sure if this at all related - need to take a day trip up to Leeds at some point in July and the late BA1345 return on Wednesdays through Saturdays seems to have completely disappeared during the strike period. Anyone know what's up there?

KARFA

The late rotation is missing on a few days in July. This has already been in the schedule for a while and predates the strikes.

We only have two rotations on Saturday for LBA - BA1344/1345 doesn't run on a Saturday. All other days of the week would normally have three rotations.

Jordan D

I've been commuting weekly on BA for the last 15 months (bar the occasional week or one-way here and there). With forward looking bookings on the CPH route, I think I'm well within my rights to be glad that the chance of disruption is lower ...

KLMkitty

Does anyone know how much notice the union have to give of further strike dates? Is it possible they could announce mid way through the strike that they are going to stay out and not return on the 17th?

My own own thinking is they will likely return for a week and then have another strike.

Watching with interest as although I do sympathise with MF, my annual holiday EDI/LHR/ATH is on 28th July and have worked hard to treat the family to club Europe. Were it one of my business trips would not mind and would just reschedule but really want my summer holiday.

makin'miles

UK labour law specifically forbids the withdrawal of services outside of the UK? Interesting (if true). Are you a labour lawyer or do you have any information to back that up? Genuinely curious here.

I skimmed through the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 and don't see anything forbidding this anywhere. Elsewhere, I do see UK legal precedent that strong connection to the UK provides for coverage under UK labour law, even when physically outside of the UK.

I think it has the potential to be significantly more effective than action to-date. Cancelling even a dozen wide-body flights abroad, with little notice as to which flights would be disrupted during the legal strike period, would likely generate increased disruption, cost to the company and media attention.

What they are doing isn't working - they need to get creative.