Meanwhile, with Sturridge's departure confirmed, Chelsea stepped up its bid to lure Newcastle striker Demba Ba to London.
He also called on Lord Adonis to publicly pressure BA to "put back on the table" the settlement offer it made last week.
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BA's own employees may have felt emboldened to strike (illegally) in support of former colleagues at the catering firm in order to set a marker for the battles to come as BA moves to the new, fifth terminal at Heathrow.
The planned airline is facing concerns from the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa), which is set to meet BA soon to discuss the issue further.
Stelios, like Branson, hates BA. It goes back to when former BA boss Robert Ayling invited Stelios to tea and asked if BA could invest in EasyJet.
Under pressure from the European Commission to eliminate state subsidies, and under pressure from governments to privatise, they have become lean and mean - and ready to compete with BA not only in their home markets, but also to challenge BA in its own heartland at Heathrow.
The next day BA applied to London's High Court for an injunction to stop them.
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"The seven days' notice period is sufficient time for BA management to do the sensible thing and reopen meaningful negotiations, " they added.
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.
It said its latest offer to the Commission included commitments from BA owner IAG to take over the routes Ryanair and Aer Lingus operate from London Gatwick, and from Flybe to take over 43 Aer Lingus routes in the UK and Europe.
Indonesian police want to have Mr Ba'asyir moved to Jakarta for questioning, or placed under house arrest.
My family were to fly to Boston on Saturday (13th) so I rang BA Friday evening to check my flight was OK, they said it was.
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Soupy thick pessimism and dire news coverage are often a clarion call for contrary-minded investors, and analysts at two Swiss banks, Credit Suisse and UBS, see a buying opportunity in BA. Credit Suisse has BA as its top airline pick, telling clients that it believes shares could climb to 285 pence on the FTSE, and UBS reckons BA shares could jump to 295 pence.
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.
With plans for a third Heathrow runway seemingly stalled, BA may choose to focus on Madrid instead.
Ba looked set to leave Germany after he refused to travel with Hoffenheim to their winter training camp in Spain.
British Overseas Air Corporation was a precursor to BA, concentrating on long-haul routes in the early years of mass air travel.
Ba was due to join Stoke earlier this month but he failed a medical, but Grant said his signing was not a gamble.
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 deal will enable BA and Iberia to offer travellers a wider range of destinations and cheaper fares on some routes, the airlines said.
Details of that deal were not given, but Unite said BA had failed to restore the travel perks it withdrew from staff involved in the previous strikes in March.
An 18-month dispute between British Airways and its cabin crew that led to the disruption of BA flights last year seemed set to end following negotiations between unions and management.
An employment tribunal found she had not been subjected to religious discrimination, but BA later altered its uniform code to allow symbols of faith, including crosses.
West Ham looked promising in the early stages but they could not carve out many clear openings and the closest they came to scoring was through Ba's angled drive that rebounded to safety off the near post.
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