Heathrow Ground Staff Are Going On Strike

CX251 (5 Aug departure) and the returning 252 (6 Aug return) are being rerouted to Gatwick and with revised schedules ‍♂️

I'm arriving LHR from JMK on Tuesday 6 Aug and when I called BA customer service (thinking to change flight to arrive LCY) the agent put me on hold for a while, then came back and said the flight would be "in no way affected" so it seems like just departures and connections and that Mykonos isn't short-haul enough or something.

I've changed my plans for Monday which included a connection in LHR from MAN. I get why BA are telling passengers that they will have to check practically all of their baggage, but extending that to passengers connecting at LHR, just highlights the madness of not having any 'clean' airside connections between terminals: it just adds to the mess at security.

If I was doing a T5-T5 connection, arriving as a domestic passenger, I wouldn't have to re-clear security, so the dire "check almost everything" warning seems a bit OTT. On the other hand my original plans included a T5-T3 connection, meaning that I would have to re-clear security even though I'd been screened to UK requirements in MAN. Even on non-strike days that is a hassle, but at times like Heathrow are having to deal with at the moment, it's just crazy.

@ theluxurytraveller

Check again because I understand the first class wing will be closed.

if they don,t like the pay, thats one thing, but to hold holiday makers 95% workers, i would think, is another, id sue the unions,

Union laws, a pox on society.

LHR workers go on strike?????????????

I wonder where all my Air Passenger Duty went to?
The ugliest tax we have paid (robbed). And nobody ever can tell why premium passengers should pay more other than because can charge (extort).

Brits should have voted for Ed Sheeran not Boris Johnson.
Americans (and NYkers) beware AOC is even worse than that Boris the clown.

You can thank Thatcher for the current predicament. If LHR were still government owned, you can be assured that politicians would be more eager to prevent these issues. Certainly more willing to negotiate than a greedy corp.

Good for the workers; they should be fairly compensated for their work. Good luck to LHR if they think they can make money without workers.

Frankly, it’s ridiculous that LHR is privately owned. As a vital piece of public infrastructure, it should be run for the public benefit (including the benefit of its workers), not shareholder profits. The public paid to build up LHR, yet a few oligarchs reap the benefits. Must be nice.

That said, the current government is not much better. They’d probably privatize the royals if their cronies could make a buck.

The best thing about these posts is the number of people who make amazing contributions by saying things like “hope this won’t affect my upcoming trip in F,” completely satisfying the demand from the rest of us to know that you’ll be completely comfortable on your upcoming flights.

Nice little Airport you have here. It'd be a shame if something bad should happen to it. Don't be late with our 'protection' money. 😉

Thank you Union workers for making travel even more stressful. May you enjoy your day off without pay. I hope your day of irresponsibility does not negatively impact my ability to conduct meetings so that I may make my own living wage.
With love
Business travelers
p.s. I guess the t3 bathroom will be even more disgusting

@theluxurytraveller

Beyond advertising to all and sundry your class of travel and painting a pretty picture of liquid breakfasts and sunrises over Heathrow, is there anything you wish to add to this conversation? Anything meaningful, that is?

@Lucky

Thanks for the heads-up, Ben. Booked on a QF ultra long haul, so it will be 'interesting' to see if and to what extent catering is affected.

Article fails to mention the pay of CEO of Hetahrow is about to double from £2m to £4m. It has a lot to do with this strike and I fully support the workers here, even though I may be travelling on these days.

Close call. Flying through on 10th and 11th....

It's (still) a very British thing to have an under-class; how else could you have a proper upper-class? Part of that deal is to poorly pay the peasants. In the rare times when airlines are making record profits it is fair to reward those who make that possible from day-to-day. And no, I'm not thinking of CEO's and the like who just happen to be in the right place at the right time.

@TheLuxuryTraveller.
We all know he's out at the airport pre-dawn because the LCC 49 quid flight in Y to Majorca he's on departs super-early. The liquid breakfast he refers to is a vending machine coffee in a styrafoam cup too.

Militant unions will lose support if they disrupt peoples flight plans. I do think this group is more deserving than the BA pilots nonetheless.

Slight correction, BA says "You can change your itinerary if you’re travelling SHORTHAUL through Heathrow on August 5 or 6"
Long-haul? Too bad, get in line, without carry-on