Virgin pilot strike dates to be announced next week
24.06.11
The union representing Virgin Atlantic pilots will announce strike dates next week unless a dispute over pay is resolved. Virgin pilots who are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA, the UK pilots' union) have voted by 97 percent to stage walkouts in protest at a 4 percent pay rise following two years of pay freezes.
Union leaders have urged Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson to become personally involved in breaking the deadlock. BALPA General secretary Jim McAuslan said: ‘We hope Sir Richard is listening. If he were he'd know that pilots are hugely disappointed, do not want to strike but are absolutely resolute in seeing this through to a satisfactory conclusion. Virgin's customers and their pilots want to see this dispute resolved fairly and swiftly. An acknowledgement of that fact and the need to make an improved offer would solve this now.’
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