BA to lease 9 Qatar A320s + crews during strike
Jun 25, 2017, 12:08 pm
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I suspect BA are getting a very good deal on these aircraft, probably not much more than cost. Qatar own 20% of IAG so really not in their interests to screw them over and like others have said, this helps both parties out.
£1.2m a week per aircraft? I think BA would just merge as many flights as they could and take the hit.
£1.2m a week per aircraft? I think BA would just merge as many flights as they could and take the hit.
That 100,000,000+ GBP IT meltdown barely touched their wallets, it's like me losing a fiver on the street!
Jun 25, 2017, 12:16 pm
#152
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There are so many variables and assumptions that I'm not sure anyone could know how much it will cost unless they have seen the deal/contract.
What is for sure is that a well intentioned estimate could also be out by magnitudes even if one variable is wrong.
What is for sure is that a well intentioned estimate could also be out by magnitudes even if one variable is wrong.
Jun 25, 2017, 12:18 pm
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Let's just say this is costing BA more money than paying the MF fleet more!
And i doubt the MF fleet will stop striking, so they may have to do this again!
Jun 25, 2017, 12:21 pm
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Jun 25, 2017, 12:23 pm
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I just find the whole thing extremely distasteful. Rather than trying to bring this matter to an end, BA management are effectively inflaming the situation with this latest stunt. It just shows how much contempt they have for their employees, rather than trying reach a resolution, they seem hell-bent on teaching them a lesson. It will all come back to bite them in the end.
Jun 25, 2017, 12:31 pm
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I just find the whole thing extremely distasteful. Rather than trying to bring this matter to an end, BA management are effectively inflaming the situation with this latest stunt. It just shows how much contempt they have for their employees, rather than trying reach a resolution, they seem hell-bent on teaching them a lesson. It will all come back to bite them in the end.
Jun 25, 2017, 12:40 pm
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Jun 25, 2017, 12:53 pm
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Jun 25, 2017, 12:59 pm
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Your earlier post didn't say £8m in a year, it said £8m.
I always wonder why people are happy for Unite to use any legal means to cause maximum disruption to BA, while they condemn BA for using similar tactics? All's fair in love and war (as they say)
I always wonder why people are happy for Unite to use any legal means to cause maximum disruption to BA, while they condemn BA for using similar tactics? All's fair in love and war (as they say)
Jun 25, 2017, 1:00 pm
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Because, I, among others, believe BA is morally wrong by paying MF so poorly while it makes so much money.
Jun 25, 2017, 1:16 pm
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Why try to make hay out of this? BA.MF.CSM did not mean what you thought she/he meant. Whether that was the fault of the reader or the writer is not important. It is a simple miscommunication.