{"id":18910002,"date":"2010-09-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-08T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/virgin-atlantic-averts-possible-pilots-strike\/"},"modified":"2014-08-04T09:12:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:12:19","slug":"virgin-atlantic-averts-possible-pilots-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/virgin-atlantic-averts-possible-pilots-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Atlantic Averts Possible Pilots Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Virgin Atlantic Airways (Image: Wikimedia Commons)\" src=\"\/miles-away\/wp-content\/uploads\/files\/2010\/9\/virgin_atlantic.JPG\" alt=\"Virgin Atlantic Airways (Image: Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\" \/><\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<strong>Virgin Atlantic strike averted <\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Millions of travelers collectively can breathe a sigh of relief as a possible Virgin Atlantic pilots strike has been averted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BALPA, the British Airline Pilots&#8217; Association, released the following statement Wednesday: &#8220;BALPA is pleased to reassure families and the travelling public that it has resolved its dispute with Virgin Atlantic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, pilots will receive their minimum 120 days off a year, which is equal to an office worker&#8217;s weekends and holidays. Pilots union added that they will not be seeking compensation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BALPA general secretary Jim McAuslan added, &#8220;This was never a matter of money; it was always one of lifestyle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Atlantic Airways, a Sir Richard Branson owned airline, is headquartered in London, England and offers flights between the United Kingdom, North America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Source: Wall Street Journal\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Virgin Atlantic strike averted &nbsp; Millions of travelers collectively can breathe a sigh of relief as a possible Virgin Atlantic pilots strike has been averted. &nbsp; BALPA, the British Airline Pilots&#8217; Association, released the following statement Wednesday: &#8220;BALPA is pleased to reassure families and the travelling public that it has resolved its dispute with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18910002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18910002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18910002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18910002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97168470,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18910002\/revisions\/97168470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18910002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18910002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18910002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}