The Unite union says that British Airways will be forced to cancel flights in the even that their members vote for a strike. Although BA has carried out an internal recruitment drive in a bid to train other members of staff to operate as cabin crew, Unite say that only 200 have signed up.
Unite believe this is far too few to operate a full service and say that BA will have to cancel flights as a result. A strike could take place from 1st of March if union members vote in favour, but a disruptive Easter strike ahs already been ruled out.
A lot more than 200 volunteers have signed up! BA have had to curb the number of people wishing to volunteer!