BA bosses drag heels over redundancy grilling from MPs
BA bosses have been attacked by MPs after they refused to attend a grilling about shock plans to sack up to 12,000 of the company's staff. Willie Walsh, CE of BA's parent firm IAG, told the Transport Select Committee that he could not make it to a hearing on Wednesday because of a board meeting. He will face questions at a special separate session on Monday, May 11. It comes after the airline announced plans to sack up to a quarter of its workforce and warned it could abandon Gatwick Airport due to an unprecedented slump in foreign travel. Tory MP Huw Merriman, chairman of the committee, said: “It seems remarkable that British Airways cannot find anyone with sufficient responsibility to join others from the aviation sector for our select committee.” It is understood that Walsh offered a number of alternative dates but was unable to attend the Wednesday hearing because the board is due to discuss IAG’s first quarter results. Merriman said: “With so many questions, this would be an ideal platform for BA to set out its challenges, to reassure and seek parliamentary support should it need more assistance from the UK authorities."<br/>
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BA bosses drag heels over redundancy grilling from MPs
BA bosses have been attacked by MPs after they refused to attend a grilling about shock plans to sack up to 12,000 of the company's staff. Willie Walsh, CE of BA's parent firm IAG, told the Transport Select Committee that he could not make it to a hearing on Wednesday because of a board meeting. He will face questions at a special separate session on Monday, May 11. It comes after the airline announced plans to sack up to a quarter of its workforce and warned it could abandon Gatwick Airport due to an unprecedented slump in foreign travel. Tory MP Huw Merriman, chairman of the committee, said: “It seems remarkable that British Airways cannot find anyone with sufficient responsibility to join others from the aviation sector for our select committee.” It is understood that Walsh offered a number of alternative dates but was unable to attend the Wednesday hearing because the board is due to discuss IAG’s first quarter results. Merriman said: “With so many questions, this would be an ideal platform for BA to set out its challenges, to reassure and seek parliamentary support should it need more assistance from the UK authorities."<br/>
