British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association
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The British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) is a branch of the British
trade union
Unite
.
BASSA was originally formed exclusively for British Airways
(BA) cabin crew
.
BASSA now has other branches representing cabin crew at other airlines. Branch 1/1117 is for Thomson Airways
cabin crew.
Originally part of the Transport and General Workers' Union
(T&GWU), BASSA is now part of Unite. Membership is falling from a high point of over 11,000 in 2009. At 8 August 2010 membership stood at 9,555; one month later on 8 September 2010 membership stood at 9,279 before this information was removed from the website and updated to read "about 10,000". This still makes BASSA one of the largest branches of Unite.
BASSA is managed by a committee of wholly elected representatives, which disproportionally consists in the main of CSDs and Pursers from the Heathrow World Wide fleet, all of whom are usually operational staff with their airline, though two are on disciplinary charges for gross misconduct. As at August 2010, Duncan Holley, the Branch Secretary, is the exception to this rule, and remains in his BASSA role despite having been sacked from British Airways for gross misconduct.
The current chairperson is Lizanne Malone, a BA Cabin Services Director, who has not worked operationally for over a year, and who married an American
, resides in Los Angeles
, California
.
Headquartered at the Unite offices at Harlington
, Middlesex
, BASSA has support offices in Abbey House at Heathrow Airport, and in Jubilee House at Gatwick Airport. BASSA provides a secure website
to service its members, 10% of whom reside overseas.
As of February 2010, BASSA is facing competition from the newly formed Professional Cabin Crew Council.
United Kingdom
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trade union
Trade union
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Unite
Unite the Union
Unite – the Union, known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union...
.
BASSA was originally formed exclusively for British Airways
British Airways
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(BA) cabin crew
Cabin Crew
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.
BASSA now has other branches representing cabin crew at other airlines. Branch 1/1117 is for Thomson Airways
Thomson Airways
Thomson Airways is the world's largest charter airline, offering scheduled and charter flights from the UK to destinations across Europe, Africa, Asia and North America. The company commenced operations on 1 November 2008, following the merger and subsequent re-branding of Thomsonfly and First...
cabin crew.
Originally part of the Transport and General Workers' Union
Transport and General Workers' Union
The Transport and General Workers' Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union - with 900,000 members...
(T&GWU), BASSA is now part of Unite. Membership is falling from a high point of over 11,000 in 2009. At 8 August 2010 membership stood at 9,555; one month later on 8 September 2010 membership stood at 9,279 before this information was removed from the website and updated to read "about 10,000". This still makes BASSA one of the largest branches of Unite.
BASSA is managed by a committee of wholly elected representatives, which disproportionally consists in the main of CSDs and Pursers from the Heathrow World Wide fleet, all of whom are usually operational staff with their airline, though two are on disciplinary charges for gross misconduct. As at August 2010, Duncan Holley, the Branch Secretary, is the exception to this rule, and remains in his BASSA role despite having been sacked from British Airways for gross misconduct.
The current chairperson is Lizanne Malone, a BA Cabin Services Director, who has not worked operationally for over a year, and who married an American
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, resides in Los Angeles
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, California
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.
Headquartered at the Unite offices at Harlington
Harlington
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, Middlesex
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, BASSA has support offices in Abbey House at Heathrow Airport, and in Jubilee House at Gatwick Airport. BASSA provides a secure website
Website
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to service its members, 10% of whom reside overseas.
As of February 2010, BASSA is facing competition from the newly formed Professional Cabin Crew Council.
See also
- British Air Line Pilots AssociationBritish Air Line Pilots AssociationThe British Air Line Pilots' Association represents well over 75% of all the fixed wing pilots and helicopter aircrew based in the UK - as well as many working overseas. The Association has a membership of over 10,000 professional flight crew, working in companies large and small...
- TGWU amalgamations
- List of trade unions