BA cabin crew agree to settlement

24/06/2011

By Emma Sword

British Airways cabin crew have finally agreed a peace deal after a long-running dispute over pay and other issues.

The settlement will see travel concessions returned to BA crew who lost the privilege after striking last year.

A new deal on pay has also been negotiated, the Unite union said.

Almost 10,000 cabin crew were balloted by Unite, which announced that the dispute - one of the longest in recent history - was formally over after 18 months.

Some 92 per cent of staff voted in favour of the deal, with a turnout of 72 per cent, Unite said.

Unite called the deal an "honourable settlement".

A deal was also made safeguarding routes and working arrangements as BA introduces a new fleet of crew.

There will also be a third party binding arbitration process established to consider the cases of crew disciplined by the airline during the dispute.