cash before the pandemic. instead of saving it for a rainy day, what did they do? stockholder buybacks to line the pockets of their executives. then the pandemic came and they took money what they did was they early retired a lot of those expensive older pilots that were because they did not forecast demand coming back this quick. so they took taxpayer money, they thinned out their payrolls, they thought they were pretty clever, until we re in the position we are today, and here is a news flash, you can t just hire a pilot off the street and get him up and running. you can t even do that for gate agents or, you know, ground workers at airports. so basically they were woefully unprepared for this surge that we re seeing. i m an optimist in life but things are not going to get better anytime soon. thanks so much, brian, it s a reminder to be as kind as possible with the flight attendants, the pilots, the gate agents, all of those folks are working really hard over this busy summer
in that time of year, a lot of people will be concerned and worried about how this might impact them so take us through what we know. you ma well take us through what we know. you may well be take us through what we know. ym. may well be wondering if you are travelling this summer how this could affect you. i will come of that in a moment. let me explain what the strike is about and who is involved. 700 british airways ground workers and she can strike check in staff have voted to strike this summer. it is a row about pay, their unions gmb and unite say that british airways imposed a 10% pay cut during a pandemic which has not been reinstated. ba for its part says it has made a 10% pay offer which other staff have accepted, and it says it is disappointed by this action. it is ground workers and check in staff at the moment but the gmb union says that other workers within ba may well follow suit. t within ba may well follow suit. i don t think this is going to stop with don t thin
the search for survivors of an earthquake in afghanistan is called off as fears grow of a humanitarian disaster. british airways ground workers and check in staff here at heathrow, the biggest airport in britain have voted to go on strike this summer. i will explain what that means. a huge slice of luck helps england s cricketers get on top, in the final test against new zealand, but despite this freak incident, the tourists fought back to leave the match finely balanced. warm across eastern areas today but overall turning fresher, windier, the next few days into the weekend, some showers around as well. all of the details coming up. it s friday the 24th june. borisjohnson has suffered a major blow after the conservatives lost two by elections in one night. the liberal democrats pulled off an historic win in tiverton and honiton overturning
airline, you re quite right. lots of people are being told, sorry, we don t do that, or now you ve got to wait for a couple of days and then we ll fly you. that s absolutely not the case. and last week the department for transport and the civil aviation authority wrote to the airlines, reminding them of their obligation. if they re not prepared to do it, then you can buy your ticket if there s enough room on your credit card and claim the money back. we re talking about the british airways strike by ground workers and check in staff here at london heathrow airport, specifically, it is the uk s biggest airport, but there are also ryanair strikes happening across europe. easyjet s spanish based cabin crew are also going on strike this summer. how much disruption can we expect for travel plans beyond just heathrow?
What will the perpetrators of target killing in Kashmir obtain except the immediate aftermaths of it presaging destruction for them , is perhaps known to them and fairly well. With such acts of killing in cold blood innocents including women not only the killers are giving acquiesce directly and indirectly to the visiting of the inevitable to them – a death of disgust but are furthering the distance between the general public and them of losing every grain of sympathy […]