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Cabin crew reject final offer from British Airways

British Airways has this evening been pushed into turmoil with news that cabin crews have rejected the company's final offer in relation to the ongoing industrial action. While turnout for the vote was well below the recent highs, 73% of those who did vote rejected the offer by Willie Walsh and his board of directors. So what next?

While many of the problems associated with the industrial action have been sorted out over the last few weeks, one of the major sticking points has been free travel for British Airways cabin crew employees. Willie Walsh appears determined not to reinstate this travel perk, which is not part of staff contracts, and this would appear to be the main reason why 73% of those who voted did so in favour of further industrial action. So we have been to ACAS, we have been to secret meetings and the majority of the issues regarding the strike have also been played out in the public domain.

Many had automatically assumed that British Airways would cave in due in the main to its worsening financial situation and underlying trading in the airline industry. However, rightly or wrongly, Willie Walsh has decided to stand his ground thereby pushing cabin crew staff and unions to the limit. Will he live to regret this?

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