Unite have announced that it will carry out four separate 5 day strikes which are in the same time period as a UK bank holiday weekend, school half term and the start of the world cup, the first planned strike will take place on 18th May-22nd May with more strikes planned for 24th May, 30th May and the 5th June.
British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has condemned the strikes but insists Gatwick and London city airport will operate as normal with Heathrow will still run a substantial number of flights.
Unite officials have stated the strikes can still be averted if BA return to the negotiating table with meaningingful intent, however BA have already set about putting contingency plans in place for the upcoming strikes including leasing planes and putting passengers on rival airlines.
As the pay and conditions dispute rumbles on it is thought the main sticking point now is cabin crew workers want their travel perks re-instating after they were removed by BA as punishment over the first two stikes which cost BA £45 million.
At a cost of around £7 million a day a 20 day strike would be an enormous cost for BA to absorb added with the current ash cloud problems you wonder if the cabin crew workers would have jobs to come back to.
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