800 British Airways staff to work unpaid

Link to the article: Channel 4 News

By John Sparks

They were asked to work for nothing - and 800 BA staff have volunteered to work unpaid for up to a month to help the struggling airline cut costs.

In all, almost 7,000 BA employees have agreed to take some kind of pay cut, including unpaid leave and switching to part time work.

The airline called it a "fantastic response" which would save up to £10m.

But this programme understands that BA's proposed cost-cutting goes far deeper, with plans to slash salaries of cabin crew and cut jobs to a minimum.

Mick Rix, the national officer for aviation at the GMB union, gave his view on the current situation.