tripodjw
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- Sep 28, 2007
Is anyone flying British Airways worried about the strike? I read that voting (on whether or not to strike again) will end Thursday and the earliest strike date is May 14. That's the day we're leaving London for Barcelona!
We'll know on Friday this week whether there is a strike or not.
The news seems to be that the Union are recommending that their members vote against BA's offer. The ballot ends on May 7th and they have to give 7 days notice of a strike. SO the absolute earliest the strike could be is May 14.
Actually i just went away and looked back at the March strikes, the ballot results were announced on Friday 12 March and the strike started at midnight between Fri 19 and Sat 20.
So hopefully that means by announcing a strike on 7 May they can only start at midnight between 14 and 15 May - I'm guessing most people on our cruise who are flying BA are arriving in barcelona on 14 May so fingers crossed everyone or nearly everyone will be ok.
If you're flying BA through Heathrow there's a reasonable chance of BA being able to put you onto a plane even if there is a strike. BA are merging with Iberia who also operate flights LHR-BCN so i'm figuring there'll be some options for BA to use Iberia planes to move their passengers to Spain at least. (fingers crossed)
As long as i get there - i don't care if i can't get home afterwards