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LONDON - Nearly all British Airways flights were grounded by its first ever pilots strike on Monday, disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers in a dispute over pay.
“It’s going to punish customers, it’s going to punish our brand, it’s going to punish the rest of the colleagues,” BA Chief Executive Alex Cruz told BBC TV as IAG shares dropped by as much as 3% in early trading. “British Airways is going through some good times, we want to share in those profits just as we shared the pain in the bad times,” BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton told BBC TV, adding that while pilots were willing to compromise, BA was not.The union said it would be cheaper for BA to meet its demands than face down the strikes as the action cost it 40 million pounds a day. Analysts had similar estimates, but BA declined to comment on the cost incurred.
“The commitment of everyone at British Airways is to get over this particular dispute as quickly as possible and we urge the union to sit down with us as quickly as we can so we can reach an agreement,” Cruz told BBC radio.The strike is the latest setback for BA, which in August suffered its third major computer failure in little more than two years, disrupting flights in its peak travel period.
British Airways, however, said it had no detail from BALPA on which pilots would strike, and had no way of predicting how many would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly, so had no option but to cancel nearly 100% of its flights.
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