British Airways ask staff to work for free

Wednesday 17th June 2009

British Airways has asked thousands of its staff to work for no pay for up to a month to help the airline survive.

BA emailed more then 30,000 workers in the UK and asked them to volunteer to work for free.

The company's chief executive Willie Walsh has already agreed to work unpaid next month after announcing record annual losses of £401 million.

Mr Walsh has set a deadline of June 24th for employees to volunteer to work unpaid in what he has described as a "fight for survival".

Writing in BA's new magazine, he said: "I am looking for every single part of the company to take part in some way. It really counts. We face a fight for survival.

"These are the toughest trading conditions we have ever seen and there simply are no green shoots.

"Our survival depends on everyone contributing to changes that permanently remove costs from every part of the business."

BA's huge losses have in part have been driven by increased fuel bills. ADNFCR-1783-ID-19222251-ADNFCR

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