British Airways 'to suspend 36,000 members of staff' amid coronavirus crisis

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80% of BA staff, including cabin crew, engineers and head office personnel could have their jobs suspended 🛬

If the plans go ahead, it means 80% of BA staff, including cabin crew, engineers and head office personnel, would have their jobs temporarily suspended. However, it is not thought that employees will be made redundant.

Carriers across the globe are struggling to survive on their reserve funds due to the enormous cost of refunding tickets for cancelled flights. The rapidly changing coronavirus restrictions in each country have made it difficult for airlines to keep up. With no date in sight for when it could start running commercial flights again, the carrier reached a deal for employees to be furloughed for two months under the Government’s coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

 

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