At 10am today watch Mr Walsh bat away questions on proposed fire & rehire of most BA employees under the guise of a "meaningful consultation" is underway. Problem is the outcome is decided. Staff either & #39;accept& #39; Level rates of pay & conditions voluntarily or are fired & rehired.

One can expect the IAG CEO to berate the government& #39;s quarantine plans, maybe offer an incentive to take a BA voucher (sister IAG carrier Aer Lingus offer 10% added value for a voucher) for customers with bookings unable to fly, but the & #39;restructuring& #39; issue will be sidestepped.

He& #39;ll state the closure of LGW is not his personal choice. Why would IAG give up all the LGW slots ? The issue is whether going forward it& #39;s BA, or sister IAG airlines Level (it even has a dormant UK arm, FlyLevel UK Ltd) or Vueling, that fly the 80% of BA& #39;s LGW slots currently.

The Transport Select Committee need to ask it a different way ?

Is the reason BA is making ⅓ of it& #39;s workforce redundant & ripping up contracts, because it is the only way to compete with other European airlines which are getting multi billion Euro subsidies ?

@CommonsTrans

Let& #39;s hope the TSC members dig deep this morning. Remember BA has stated to staff "IAG have signed off their plan".

@HuwMerriman @RuthCadbury @LilianGreenwood @simonjamesjupp @robertlargan @chrisloder @karlmccartney @GavNewlandsSNP @gregsmith_uk @SamTarry

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