British Airways grounds nearly all flights as pilots strike

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British Airways said on Monday it has canceled almost all its flights for 48 hours, affecting as many as 195,000 travelers, due to a strike by pilots over pay.

LONDON — British Airways said Monday it has canceled almost all its flights for 48 hours, affecting as many as 195,000 travelers, due to a strike by pilots over pay.

As a result, it said it had"no option but to cancel nearly 100%" of its flights for the duration of the strike. "We understand the frustration and disruption Balpa's strike action has caused our customers. After many months of trying to resolve the pay dispute, we are extremely sorry that it has come to this," it said.

 

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'They've previously taken big pay cuts to help the company through hard times. Now BA is making billions of pounds (dollars) of profit, its pilots have made a fair, reasonable and affordable claim for pay and benefits.'

Try they fucked up 2 weeks ago and cancelled flights not affected of the strike dates! My mom’s cousin had to rebook her return flight YESTERDAY on another flight and had to catch a connecting flight. They screwed up many people not just these dates.

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