British Airways pilots are being urged to accept a deal under which they will receive shares in the struggling company in return for a pay cut, their union said Thursday.
British Airways passengers face the prospect of major disruptions after the airline's pilots voted for strike action that could effectively ground the airline worldwide.
British Airways' 32,000 pilots are to vote for a strike action over the airline's plans to set up a subsidiary for services between continental Europe and the U.S.
"Hi, I'm on the plane." This phrase may soon be as familiar on flights as it is on trains with the announcement on Wednesday by Ryanair that it intends to install a system on its planes to allow the use of mobile phones during flights.
Trans-Atlantic air passengers have again been hit by a flight backlog as a debate raged on the strength of U.S. intelligence on a possible al Qaeda biological, chemical or radioactive weapons threat.
The U.S. demand that armed air marshals be stationed on some U.S.-bound flights has prompted deep concerns among British pilots and staunch opposition to the move by two other airlines.
British Airways pilots are being urged to accept a deal under which they will receive shares in the struggling company in return for a pay cut, their union said Thursday.
British Airways passengers face the prospect of major disruptions after the airline's pilots voted for strike action that could effectively ground the airline worldwide.
British Airways' 32,000 pilots are to vote for a strike action over the airline's plans to set up a subsidiary for services between continental Europe and the U.S.
"Hi, I'm on the plane." This phrase may soon be as familiar on flights as it is on trains with the announcement on Wednesday by Ryanair that it intends to install a system on its planes to allow the use of mobile phones during flights.
Trans-Atlantic air passengers have again been hit by a flight backlog as a debate raged on the strength of U.S. intelligence on a possible al Qaeda biological, chemical or radioactive weapons threat.
The U.S. demand that armed air marshals be stationed on some U.S.-bound flights has prompted deep concerns among British pilots and staunch opposition to the move by two other airlines.
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