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British Airways workers based at Heathrow have voted to strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the GMB and Unite backed industrial action. The unions said holidaymakers face disruption, warning of a summer of strikes. Travel Editor Simon Calder warned “nothing” can be done.
Speaking to LBC, Mr Calder said: “There is absolutely nothing you can do about it at the moment.
“I’m holding four British Airways reservations for July and August, I think there’s actually a pretty good chance that a settlement could be reached in time.
“There could be mitigations but I’m afraid it looks like this is the end of summer as we know it with so much chaos.
“Strikes at Easyjet and Ryanair as well. Mass cancellations at Heathrow and at Gatwick.”
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Workers, including check-in staff, will now decide on strike dates, which the union said were likely to be held during the peak summer holiday period.
Nadine Houghton, GMB national officer, said: “With grim predictability, holidaymakers face massive disruption thanks to the pig-headedness of British Airways.
“BA have tried to offer our members crumbs from the table in the form of a 10 percent one-off bonus payment, but this doesn’t cut the mustard.
“Our members need to be reinstated the 10 percent they had stolen from them last year with full back pay and the 10% bonus which other colleagues have been paid.
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