Anger at British Airways sky-high as strikes disrupt travel plans

As British Airways celebrated its 100th birthday at the weekend, passengers were venting their fury at the airline’s handling of a planned walkout by pilots next month. Customers Sunday were still struggling to contact the airline as they sought to rebook their cancelled flights. Some other passengers, meanwhile, received an email in error telling them that their flights scheduled for non-strike days had been cancelled. Balpa, which represents a majority of BA’s pilots, confirmed Friday that it plans to walk out Sept 9, 10, and 27 after pay talks between the union and the carrier broke down. BA also apologised after it admitted that some passengers were mistakenly told by email that their flights scheduled on non-strike days had been cancelled. The airline has not confirmed how many customers were wrongly sent the email. <br/>