Miss Eweida said her appeals were turned down by BA and she lost in six UK courts.
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This offer was withdrawn by BA on Friday after the airline said it was conditional on strike action being averted.
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But strikes by BA's cabin crew could cause short-term damage to the airline's traffic figures and longer-term damage to its reputation at a time when airlines are feeling particularly sensitive.
The airline argued that Unite had not polled its members correctly: some votes were recorded from people no longer employed by BA, and the call for industrial action did not specify the intention to strike for 12 consecutive days precisely at Christmas.
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BA. Cosseted by bail-outs and perks that included free flights for their children's nannies, the pilots have gone on strike several times over attempts to impose on them deals similar to those accepted by ground staff, whose pay was cut in 1994.
Initially he pursued a literary rather than a financial path: a BA in English followed by an MA in American Literature from the University of North Carolina.
Among the largest underlying components of VYM, in trading today PepsiCo Inc. ( NYSE: PEP) is trading flat, Home Depot Inc ( NYSE: HD) is up about 0.1%, and Boeing Co. ( NYSE: BA) is up by about 0.3%.
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Among the largest underlying components of IYJ, in trading today 3M Co ( NYSE: MMM) is up about 0.2%, United Parcel Service Inc ( NYSE: UPS) is trading flat, and Boeing Co. ( NYSE: BA) is up by about 0.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of VYM, in trading today Caterpillar Incorporated ( NYSE: CAT) is up about 1%, Altria Group Incorporated ( NYSE: MO) is up about 1%, and Boeing Company ( NYSE: BA) is higher by about 0.8%.
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Among the largest underlying components of DIA, in trading today Caterpillar Inc. ( NYSE: CAT) is up about 2.3%, United Technologies Corp. ( NYSE: UTX) is up about 1.4%, and Boeing Co. ( NYSE: BA) is higher by about 1.5%.
Among the largest underlying components of IYJ, in trading today Caterpillar Inc. ( NYSE: CAT) is up about 0.7%, United Parcel Service Inc ( NYSE: UPS) is up about 1%, and Boeing Co. ( NYSE: BA) is higher by about 3.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of XLI, in trading today General Electric Co ( NYSE: GE) is up about 1.1%, United Parcel Service Inc ( NYSE: UPS) is up about 1%, and Boeing Co. ( NYSE: BA) is lower by about 0.2%.
If the strike is not called off by Thursday, BA has pledged to announce details of its flight programme for the strike days.
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The effect of funding the pensions shortfall was evident during the past 12 months, and BA said that employee costs increased by 5%.
Earlier on Tuesday, International Airlines Group (IAG), the company formed by the merger of BA and Iberia, said that passenger numbers in March had risen 6.3%.
Fernando Torres, preferred to new signing Demba Ba, continued his stuttering form by blasting over from inside the area as Chelsea dominated right up until half time.
When previous applications were blocked, the so-called Bermuda 2 Agreement was in place, whereby only four airlines, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines and American Airlines, could fly the transatlantic route out of Heathrow, an agreement that the United States government was keen to scrap by putting the hefty conditions on BA's application.
Two of the routes are being taken over by a Humberside-based firm as BA's CitiExpress operation reorganises its services.
Bookings on BA.com, for example, are handled by Amadeus.
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BA-AA deal has been put in the freezer by regulators, it should be easier to have a straight negotiation on open skies.
Cole and Demba Ba went close for the visitors while Jermain Defoe was denied by Robert Green, who also tipped Gareth Bale's free-kick on to the bar.
Yet by Wednesday Chelsea had triggered the release clause in Ba's contract and Newcastle finally gave the 27-year-old permission to speak to the European Champions League holders.
He nearly scored a second moments later after Eden Hazard chased down the ball by the byline and fired a cross in toward Ba, but Pantilimon was able to block the effort.
As BA manages to secure a second injunction to prevent a strike by its cabin crew, both the Unite union and the airline's supporters are ratcheting their rhetoric all the way up to 11.
He was threatened with legal action by the club's general manager, although Ba suggested in a statement on his own website that Hoffenheim had gone back on a promise to let him move to England, amid reported interest from West Ham United.
Some parts of BA - mainly subsidiaries and franchise partners - will not be hit by the strike.
BA's flat-bed seats in a dark cabin undisturbed by any meal service.
Boeing (BA) announced Tuesday that it expects global air cargo traffic to triple by 2029, with 5.9% annual growth over the next twenty years.
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As groups of airlines form alliances to try to gain strength in numbers, BA's attempt to join up with American Airlines was turned down by the US authorities.
In a letter to employees, AMR Chief Executive Gerard Arpey said the company indeed plans to upgrade its fleet, by taking delivery of 47 new Boeing (nyse: BA - news - people ) 737-800 planes to replace some of the old MD-80s and also by upgrading the existing fleets of 737-300s and 777's with more business-class interiors, particularly for its New York-to-Europe runs.
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