"Ngemuva kwezinyanga eziningi sizama ukuxazulula ingxabano yeholo, siyaxolisa kakhulu ngokuthi kufike kulokhu," kusho isitatimende seBritish Airways.

Inkampani yezindiza iphoqeleke ukuthi ikhansele cishe zonke izindiza zayo ezisuka ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-UK ngosuku lokuqala lwesiteleka sabashayeli bezindiza.

“Ngeshwa, ngaphandle kwemininingwane evela I-BALPA [British Airline Pilots Association] ukuthi yiziphi abashayeli bezindiza abazogadla kuzo, besingenayo indlela yokubikezela ukuthi bangaki abazofika emsebenzini noma yiziphi izindiza ezifanele ukundiza, ngakho besingenayo enye indlela ngaphandle kokukhansela cishe u-100% wezindiza zethu, ”kwengeza inkampani yezindiza.

Inkampani ephethe ifulegi yase-UK kanye nabashayeli bayo abangu-4,300 9 bavalelwe embangweni wokukhokhelwa wezinyanga eziyi-300,000 ongaphazamisa izinhlelo zokuhamba zabantu abacishe babe ngama-XNUMX.

Abashayeli bezindiza bazoqhubeka nokuteleka kusasa futhi besabise ngokuteleka ngolunye usuku ngoSepthemba 27 bese ngokunokwenzeka futhi sekusondele amaholidi asebusika uma ingxabano ingakaxazululwa.

I-BALPA inqabile ukukhushulwa komholo ngo-11.5% eminyakeni emi-3 iBritish Airways eyahlongoza ngoJulayi. I-BA ithe lesi sicelo sizobona okaputeni bezindiza bathola inkokhelo “esezingeni lomhlaba” kanye nezinzuzo ezingaba ngu-£200,000 (€220,000) ngonyaka. Iphinde iveze ukuthi ezinye izinyunyana ezi-2 ezimele u-90% wabasebenzi bezinkampani zezindiza zamukele u-11.5%.

I-BALPA iphendule ngokuthi i-avareji yamaholo abashayeli bamabhanoyi alinganiselwa ku-£70,000 kanti eyabancane yehla yafinyelela ku-£26,000 nje. Lokhu kushiya abanye besesikweletini esikhulu njengoba kufanele baqale baqeqeshwe i-BBC elinganisela ukuthi kubiza cishe u-£100,000. Inyunyana iphinde ikhombise ukweqa okucishe kube ngu-10% wenzuzo yangaphambi kwentela ebikwe yinkampani engumzali we-BA i-IAG ngonyaka odlule.

Inkampani yezindiza ithe isazimisele ukubuyela ezingxoxweni neBritish Airline Pilots Association.

Noma ubani ondiza nenkampani yezindiza eya noma ebuya e-Ireland uyakhuthazwa ukuthi ahlole isimo sendiza yakhe ngaphambi kokuhamba.

LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:

“Unfortunately, with no detail from BALPA [British Airline Pilots Association] on which pilots would strike, we had no way of predicting how many would come to work or which aircraft they are qualified to fly, so we had no option but to cancel nearly 100% of our flights,”.
Inkampani ephethe ifulegi yase-UK kanye nabashayeli bayo abangu-4,300 9 bavalelwe embangweni wokukhokhelwa wezinyanga eziyi-300,000 ongaphazamisa izinhlelo zokuhamba zabantu abacishe babe ngama-XNUMX.
Inkampani yezindiza iphoqeleke ukuthi ikhansele cishe zonke izindiza zayo ezisuka ezikhumulweni zezindiza zase-UK ngosuku lokuqala lwesiteleka sabashayeli bezindiza.