Weeellllll, lookee here...

...it says my flight to Vienna is cancelled. That's rough. That means that the Cistern Kid, the iPod Perv and myself must amuse ourselves in the UK. Hmmmmm, I guess that's what real ale and barbecues were invented for.

Unfortunately, this will cost BA dearly, even though the dispute does not appear to be of their making (some BA ground staff at LHR staged an unofficial walkout in sympathy for Gourmet Gate staff - Gourmet Gate is not owned by BA).

One estimate suggests that BA is losing £10M a day during this dispute, which is out of its control, but the damage to the BA brand is far larger - BA seems to have the image of a company that has an industrial dispute every other year.

Planes and aircrew are in all the wrong places, and many people will not fly BA again - at least not for the foreseeable future.

I guess that means that on top of the already high fuel prices, with BA's brand image taking a battering, they will have to cut costs somewhere...which means that they will probably lay off some staff.

I don't think the BA ground staff thought that far ahead, oops.

Thanks all for the cards and pressies.

Did you know that Fearless is really looking to his 34th tomorrow? Why, he has been waiting 33 years and 364 days - he's almost there!