British Airways cabin crew to extend strike again

British Airways cabin crew working under ‘mixed fleet’ employment terms have announced a 2 week extension to their current strike. The additional strike days are from Wednesday Aug 16 to Wednesday Aug 30, including the August public holiday weekend. “Strike action will continue until the end of August unless British Airways hammers out a deal with Unite to resolve this dispute,” Unite said. BA said all its customers will be able to fly to their destinations during the current and extended strike days. The extension will mean the mixed fleet crew will have been on strike for the whole of July and August “forcing British Airways to spend millions on ‘wet leasing’ aircraft to cover the striking cabin crew,” Unite said. Unite described a recent offer by the airline to reinstate travel concessions for workers who took strike action as ‘half-hearted’. <br/>