O’Hare’s security considered lax, AA’s flight attendants plan strike vote after management walks out of talks, BA preparing for cabin staff strike by training managers to work flights
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Lufthansa pilots just had a short strike. British Airways flight attendants are planning a strike. Now French (and possibly Greek) air controllers are on strike. You need a score card. Karen Fawcett reports from France where the French air traffic controllers are in day two of their action and air traffic is suffering from all of the above.
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As Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say “It just goes to show, it’s always SOMETHING.”
Many travelers – and travel agents – found out late last week that Lufthansa pilots had a four day strike planned for Feb 22-25, which made for a wild and worrisome weekend.
As it turned out, the pilots did strike, but Lufthansa [...]
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NTSB blames pilot error in Colgan crash, AA managers may fill in for flight attendants if they go on strike, NCL Olympic charter canceled because of low bookings
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Delta plans $1B fleet upgrade, Virgin America seeking a place at airports, British Airways prepares for strike
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Looks as if the dreaded British Airways strike won’t be happening — at least not any time soon. The airline this morning won a High Court injunction to prevent a series of Christmas strikes by thousands of its cabin crew.
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Now the airline faces a strike at potentially the worst time of year — the Christmas holidays. While to some degree British Airways is being held hostage by their unions, even now, their efforts leave much to be desired. Specifically, the airline has not yet announced a strike schedule, even though they knew this threat was coming. (The strike vote was taken last week, and all indications were it was going to be in favor of the “job action.”)
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You knew this would happen.
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Looks like British Airways may be shut down by a strike — just in time for the holidays. I’ll let the beat reporters dissect this story, but there’s one angle that appears to be getting overlooked: What’s going to happen to passengers with “codeshare” reservations?
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At the time of writing, British Airways workers are considering a strike to start Dec. 21. The strike vote has already been taken, but results will not be announced until Monday. The issues are reasonably standard: crew cutback and pay freezes.
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