BA cabin crew strike – day 14

BA is now using smaller aircraft, which are allowed to fly with far fewer crew, in order to increase the number of departures today. A319 planes normally take 120 passengers. However, if they have 95 passengers or fewer, they need only 2 crew. BA has been sending A319s out with only 2 crew because they have fewer passengers on board than normal.

No meals or in-flight service is provided during these flights. Unite believes these two-crew flights are the reason why BA is flying more Eurofleet flights today.

Earlier today, Unite held a hugely successful fringe meeting on the dispute at its Manchester policy conference. Over 200 people packed out a room in Manchester, addressed by Unite’s joint general secretaries and cabin crew.

According to BA.com, at 06:00 hours today:

BA operated scheduled flight departures from Heathrow (LHR): 284*

BA worldwide (Longhaul) flight departures from Heathrow (LHR): 76

BA Eurofleet (Shorthaul) flight departures from Heathrow (LHR): 208

BA flight cancellations from Heathrow (LHR): 108

BA worldwide (Longhaul) flight cancellations from Heathrow (LHR): 19

BA Eurofleet (Shorthaul) flight cancellations from Heathrow (LHR): 89

BA departures operated by chartered (wet leased) aircraft from Heathrow (LHR) : 16

*Total EXCLUDES 38 BA codeshare flight departures operated by partner airlines aircraft from Heathrow (LHR)