In another hope to avoid a strike action, British Airways and Unite union will be meeting. Both sides are going to see if they can come to some kind of agreement on pay and working conditions. The first meeting that British Airways and the union had last month broke down. This breakdown led to the announcement of a 12 day strike over Christmas and the New Year.

The good news for passengers and British Airways is that they were able to avoid this strike by getting the court to block the strike. This was on the grounds that the union had people voting in the ballot that had already agreed to take voluntary redundancy, meaning that these people actually no longer worked for British Airways and had no right voting in the ballot.

As of right now, Unite remains opposed to the reductions in cabin crew teams like they always have. In fact, they are against the changes that British Airways made to remove at least one flight attendant from every flight. In some long haul flights, two have been removed. On the other side of the talks, British Airways has made it very clear that they do not plan on changing the new rules that they have put into motion.

One of the sides is going to have to back down for an agreement to be reached. If British Airways is not able to please the cabin crew, then another strike will likely take place. In fact, the union is already preparing for another ballot despite the fact that British Airways has agreed to take part in more talks.