BRITISH Airways is preparing to slash 12,000 jobs despite its owner handing out £3.6billion to shareholders in five years.
The Unite union called it “a cynical act of corporate greed and a betrayal of the BA workforce and Britain”.
As well as the brutal job losses – more than a quarter of BA’s workforce – it is also proposing huge changes to contracts for those who survive.
Parent company IAG, headed by Willie Walsh, who has trousered £33million in salary, bonuses and pension payments, blamed a slump in passenger numbers.
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