Just to clarify, BA management is claiming that Article 43 of the Open Skies agreement prohibits the BA pilots from taking any industrial action (i.e. a strike) regardless of whether or not there is a violation of their Collective Bargaining agreement by the new Alter Ego airline OpenSkies. The implications are huge- and go far beyond our profession to threaten all organized labor in the EU.

Should the BA pilots be successful in their appeal on Article 43, then OpenSkies flying would likely be declared struck work. In short- I wouldn't touch this place with a 10-foot career-ending pole.

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