By Quentin Langley
While Jet Blue loses control of its message to a silly season story, the airline industry in the UK is roaring back to the seventies with a season of Autumn strikes. This follows, of course, the Spring strikes. The difference between the strikes earlier in the year and those still planned is that the first were strikes organised by Unite against BA and the second are strikes organised by Unite against BAA. BA is the former British Airways and BAA is the former British Airports Authority. BAA’s principal airport, London Heathrow, is BA’s major hub.
While there is much to be said for BA’s forthright use of the courts to prevent strikes it only goes some way to dealing with the issue. The threat of strikes is hugely damaging to both businesses. Many people book their flights weeks or months in advance, and those people will actively avoid airlines and airports which they feel may be threatened with strikes, even if the strikes do not ultimately take place.
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