BALPA suspends Fridays planned Thomas Cook strike

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27/09/2017 Airline news, News, Travel < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

BALPA, the British Airline Pilots Association, has today suspended a strike planned for Friday by Thomas Cook pilots.

The union says the move is to consult with members on the way forward in the ongoing dispute between Thomas Cook pilots and the airline.

BALPA says that it will be consulting members on escalating the strikes to eight days in October. So far, action has been limited to 1-day strikes.

BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton said, “there is the option of arbitration, but at the moment Thomas Cook has not indicated they would be prepared to accept this as a means of resolving their dispute with their pilots.”

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Nick is the senior reporter and editor at UK Aviation News as well as working freelance elsewhere. He has his finger firmly on the pulse on Aviation, not only in the UK but worldwide. Nick has been asked to speak in a professional capacity on LBC, Heart and other broadcast networks.

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