Pilots' union Balpa pledges to fight for every job after owner of BA announces huge restructuring that could see 12,000 staff made redundant
Mr McCluskey said the workforce had"worked tirelessly, heroically and unnoticed throughout this crisis" on repatriation flights for British citizens"in dangerous circumstances on the global transport frontline"British Airways is not alone in feeling the strain from the pandemic, with rivals seeking state aid to help keep them in the air beyond the freeze in flights.
The scale of the crisis was underlined on Wednesday when aeroplane maker Airbus - which has itself furloughed 3,200 staff at its plant in north Wales - reported a 49% fall in quarterly profits and said it was facing"the gravest crisis the aerospace industry has ever known".
Mr Cruz added:"This has been a difficult message to write and one I never thought I would need to send.
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