I'm surprised that there's no mention of Derek Simpson and his role in this escapade-a left wing dinosaur like Bob Crow and someone who does no favours to workers or company.

BA staff voted to strike(and I respect that though I think it was misguided) but the decision of the UNITE executive to have a 12 day strike was breathtaking. It was certainly not what the workers wanted-perhaps a series of rolling 2-3 day strikes.

The simple truth is that despite what some on this thread assert, the unions have had too much power for too long. Companies too have something to blame for being lazy in allowing salaries and terms to bloat and be unrealistic and uncompetitive.

Train drivers on £40k, £29k for steward(esse)s are unrealistic salaries and do not reflect skills involved for the jobs involved. And don't get me started on the postal strike....