LEN McCLUSKEY accused British Airways of “industrial thuggery” today over its plans to fire and rehire 30,000 staff and sack a further 12,000.

BA’s owner IAG announced in April that it would cut the jobs due to the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis on air travel. 

Unite believes that the company is also preparing to fire and hire a further 30,000 cabin and engineer staff despite having offered a deal to pilots last week to avoid mass redundancies.