Travel chaos has swept through the UK recently due to a British Airways cabin crew strike. Due to this industrial action, thousands of British Airways cabin crew members have begun a three day strike. This strike came despite numerous talks that took place between both the Unite union and British Airways.

According to reports, members of Britain’s biggest trade union, Unite, walked out at midnight local time on Saturday morning. The strike action came after hours of face-to-face talks between British Airways and Unite. This time the talks between the two included union joint leader Tony Woodley and British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh.

Due to the industrial action, more than 1,000 flights are set to be canceled in the first three days of the strike. However, this is not the only strike that will be taking place if an agreement is not reached. Failure for British Airways to meet the demands of their cabin crew will result in another four day strike starting march 27^th. This strike would come just ahead of the busy Easter holiday period.

Tony Woodley said that it appears that British Airways simply does not want to negotiate. This company ultimately wants to go to war with members of the Unite union. Woodley even accused British Airways of proposing a deal during the last minute talks that reduced the amount of pay on offer. He said that it was ridiculous to expect anyone to go to their union with a worse offer, but British Airways did just that.

British Airways has vowed to keep at least 60 percent of their passengers flying during this action. The company plans to use staff that are not striking, as well as leasing up to 22 planes with pilots and crew from up to eight other European airlines.

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