I never fly BA and now thanks to Unite, no one else will.
A little background on the dispute. It is well known that travel perks are one of the reasons you work for an airline. Most people who work for BA take annual holidays in Bali because they can. Instead of paying tax on this benefit in kind, it is off contract, just like the Unions asked for.
The boss of BA said "go on strike and you'll lose this" and lo and behold, they did. Now they want to cripple BA so they can fly to Bali for fuck all again.
And move into rant mode....
One of the reasons I don't fly BA is that the staff are fucking horrendous. From the minute you arrive at "Thiefrow" airport, battle past the hi-viz vested smoking malingerers loitering everywhere you are greeted by the utter disdain of thousands of BA ground staff who are put there to make your journey as unpleasant as possible. Your baggage disappears into a black hole to be rifled through by Sundeep, Winston and Crazy Dazza before being sent on it's way to 12 thousand miles from where you will land.
Once onboard, you will be greeted by a fat balding middle aged poof or a matron with all the social skills of olive from On the Buses. If you are lucky, you will be thrown a biscuit, if not you will be sat next to a Nigerian screaming baby. You will then be totally ignored for the rest of the flight whilst the three campest men in England gossip in the galley and tell you to sit down if you stand up to rearrange your bollocks. Secret hand signs tell the staff which other passengers are on freebies from BA and those lucky travellers will spend the entire flight eating fois gras and quaffing champagne whilst you have to drink tap water from the bogs. Sordid tales of Moroccan mens saunas are blurted out by the shaven headed peacocks busy filing their nails whilst stocking up on Gin and Tonics from the "off record" drinks trolly that makes one appearance on a 12 hour flight.
Bastards, one and all. Put them on their arses, Willy. Bankrupt the airline, buy it back for a quid and reissue contracts to those who actually want to work. Preferably size 10, blond and Polish.
A little background on the dispute. It is well known that travel perks are one of the reasons you work for an airline. Most people who work for BA take annual holidays in Bali because they can. Instead of paying tax on this benefit in kind, it is off contract, just like the Unions asked for.
The boss of BA said "go on strike and you'll lose this" and lo and behold, they did. Now they want to cripple BA so they can fly to Bali for fuck all again.
And move into rant mode....
One of the reasons I don't fly BA is that the staff are fucking horrendous. From the minute you arrive at "Thiefrow" airport, battle past the hi-viz vested smoking malingerers loitering everywhere you are greeted by the utter disdain of thousands of BA ground staff who are put there to make your journey as unpleasant as possible. Your baggage disappears into a black hole to be rifled through by Sundeep, Winston and Crazy Dazza before being sent on it's way to 12 thousand miles from where you will land.
Once onboard, you will be greeted by a fat balding middle aged poof or a matron with all the social skills of olive from On the Buses. If you are lucky, you will be thrown a biscuit, if not you will be sat next to a Nigerian screaming baby. You will then be totally ignored for the rest of the flight whilst the three campest men in England gossip in the galley and tell you to sit down if you stand up to rearrange your bollocks. Secret hand signs tell the staff which other passengers are on freebies from BA and those lucky travellers will spend the entire flight eating fois gras and quaffing champagne whilst you have to drink tap water from the bogs. Sordid tales of Moroccan mens saunas are blurted out by the shaven headed peacocks busy filing their nails whilst stocking up on Gin and Tonics from the "off record" drinks trolly that makes one appearance on a 12 hour flight.
Bastards, one and all. Put them on their arses, Willy. Bankrupt the airline, buy it back for a quid and reissue contracts to those who actually want to work. Preferably size 10, blond and Polish.
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I say...RAFB!!! What a jolly good rant. I say!!
ReplyDeleteBut, why, o why, the blond Polish blo.....person? Surely someone BRITISH, would be a far better investment - it is called BRITISH airways after all
Why thankyou old chap.
ReplyDeleteYeah fairpoint I 'spose ! Brit blo...birds are much betterer in general.