{"id":22553,"date":"2020-07-06T10:21:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T09:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=22553"},"modified":"2020-07-07T11:35:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:35:43","slug":"ba-should-face-slots-review-says-angry-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=22553","title":{"rendered":"BA should face slots review says angry public"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new poll out today (July 6) reveals that the British public backs tough action against British Airways over its \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 plans \u00e2\u20ac\u201c with both Conservative and Labour voters giving strong support for the introduction of legislation to strip the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s flag carrying airline of its privileged access to UK landing slots.<\/p>\n

A poll of over 2,000 people, including over 1,219 BA passengers across the UK, conducted by Survation, reveals that 69 per cent of all those surveyed believed the government should review the UK’s current arrangements on landing slots (versus just 16 per cent saying the government should not) with 76 per cent of Conservative voters backing a review.<\/p>\n

British Airways stands accused of using a global health pandemic as cover to impose a long-term plan to \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u0098\u00c2\u00a0the majority of its\u00c2\u00a0staff in order to re-engage them\u00c2\u00a0on inferior terms and conditions \u00e2\u20ac\u201c while\u00c2\u00a0making up to 12,000\u00c2\u00a0redundant.<\/p>\n

The majority of those polled believe BA is wrong to terminate staff and re-employ them on reduced terms and conditions in the middle of a health crisis (70 per cent) and just 14 per cent of those polled trusted BA to give out fair and accurate information.<\/p>\n

Unite executive officer, Sharon Graham said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear that Britain wants the government to get tough on the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s flag carrying airline for its disgraceful plans to fire and rehire its staff while cutting thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe airline is stripping its loyal workforce of their terms and conditions while sacking thousands in the middle of a health crisis. If BA presses ahead to create a new and unrecognisable airline, it should not continue to benefit from its domination of lucrative legacy take-off and landing slots.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBritish Airways has lost the trust of its workforce, politicians and the country. The only way British Airways can retrieve its reputation as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098world’s best loved airline\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and protect its lucrative landing slots, is to withdraw its unprecedented attack on staff and enter into sensible negotiations,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Graham concluded.<\/p>\n

In a statistic that should alarm BA, the poll revealed that almost half (49 per cent) of those polled who have travelled with BA in the past say they are less likely to use the airline in the future given the dispute, with the number rising to 53 per cent for respondents who fly with BA three times a year.<\/p>\n

Summary of poll findings:\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n