{"id":2424890,"date":"2010-10-19T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T14:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/british-airways-will-not-back-down-to-unite\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T06:23:05","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T10:23:05","slug":"british-airways-will-not-back-down-to-unite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/british-airways-will-not-back-down-to-unite\/","title":{"rendered":"British Airways Will Not Back Down to Unite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British Airways will not step down to Unite over the cabin crew dispute. The airline is fully prepared to run a nearly full service if another strike does happen, chief executive Willie Walsh has said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The distressed BA boss showed no sign of giving in to Unite during a speech to travel professionals. He said it was not \u201centirely\u201d the union\u2019s fault that an agreement had yet to be met 12 months into the dispute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute between cabin crew members and their employer started when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/airlines\/british-airways-ba\">British Airways<\/a> revealed changes to working practices, reducing flight attendant numbers on flights and proposing a pay freeze.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Walsh has repeatedly stated that he refuses to back down in regards to the cabin crew.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:<a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/skynews\/Home\/Business\/BAs-Willie-Walsh-Says-Airline-Will-Not-Back-Down-Over-Unite-Strikes-And-Blames-Union-Entirely\/Article\/201010315761231?lpos=Business_News_Your_Way_Region_8&amp;lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15761231_BAs_Willie_Walsh_Says_Airline_Will_Not_Back_Down_Over_Unite_Strikes_And_Blames_Union_Entirely\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Sky News HD <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Airways will not step down to Unite over the cabin crew dispute. The airline is fully prepared to run a nearly full service if another strike does happen, chief executive Willie Walsh has said. &nbsp; The distressed BA boss showed no sign of giving in to Unite during a speech to travel professionals. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98908045,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424890\/revisions\/98908045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}