Thaindian News

March 23, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Passengers experience great inconvenience as British airways strike continues for the third day with seemingly no resolution between workers and carriers. Some short distance flight did take off but the strike seems to have grounded thousands of other flight. More than half of its 1,950 flights normal flight scheduled have been canceled since the strike.

British airways which is the flag carrier and the largest airline based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations in UK has its main hub at London Heathrow Airport .According to a BBC news report, the strike action is the latest episode in a long-running dispute over changes to pay and conditions by BA that union Unite claims are being unfairly imposed on its members.

There were signs that a few personnel are going back to work. However, the airline and the union were no closer to a resolution over a dispute for pay and conditions. Unions have reportedly rejected a fresh offer recently put forward by BA but the union was still willing to negotiate.

Customers have been advised to check ba.com regularly to see whether their flight is still operating before leaving for airport. They are being updated about the status of their flight by text messages and emails. BA has agreed with 40 other carriers that customers can be re-booked free of charge on to their flights during the actual strike period if they had been due to travel on a cancelled BA service.

Despite all these majors if the dispute is not resolved soon passengers will be facing more difficulties as workers will be striking again for four days, beginning Saturday.