Good energy for Hilary's safe arrival VT.

If you want to blackmail your boss what better way to do it than make his customers so angry that they go elsewhere next time. That will concentrate the mind of management, in order to avoid the PR disaster that cancelled flights would bring.

It's possible that the employees have a valid complaint but, in the present financial climate, I would be considering myself fortunate to have a job at all. Push too hard and that might not be the case.

From the news last night it seems that long haul flights may be safe as not all staff will be on strike. It's the domestic and short haul that will bear the brunt and, to some degree, there are alternatives, such as they are - road travel, trains, coaches and ferries for short overseas trips.

Good luck to anyone who's booked with BA this holiday.