WP/AP: British Airways Back in Air After Strike

[DeepModem Mom]

British Airways Back in Air After Strike
By SLOBODAN LEKIC
The Associated Press
Friday, August 12, 2005; 5:28 PM


LONDON -- British Airways began mopping up Friday night, with flights starting to trickle out after a strike by ground crews ended, but it was expected to take days to get thousands of stranded passengers to their final destinations.

Though all the 1,000 striking workers returned to their jobs Friday afternoon, hundreds of flights had been canceled at one of the world's busiest airports during the peak of the summer travel season. The airline hoped to send 32 flights out of Heathrow, half to British or continental European locations, the rest to the Middle East, Asia and the United States.

Becky Thornton, a BA spokeswoman, said it would take several days before all the passengers are helped.

Some 70,000 BA passengers were stranded Friday, half at Heathrow and half at other airports hoping to fly to Heathrow, Thornton said. On Thursday, that figure stood at 40,000 passengers, she said....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/12/AR2005081200324.html

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1. "Meanwhile,

there is continuing controversy over claims that a group of Saudi nationals were allowed to fly out before the strike ended."

(not really)

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Clever, lockdown!

:)

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4. I'm trying

Very, sometimes. :)

On edit: I meant very trying, not very clever. :blush: Never mind, carry on... :o

[wli]

3. sounds like the strike was broken with zero concessions

Typical unionbusting.