BA 乗客s pack their own lunches

乗客s on long-運ぶ／漁獲高 flights were given 保証人／証拠物件s to buy drink and 挟むs before they took off yesterday after 500 catering staff were suddenly 解雇（する）d.

Bosses at Gate Gourmet used megaphones to summarily 解任する kitchen 労働者s 行う／開催する／段階ing an 非公式の strike at Heathrow. They had been 抗議するing at casual 労働者s 存在 brought in for the holiday season.

When the afternoon 転換 辞退するd to go 支援する to work, they were 解雇（する）d. Gate Gourmet 供給するs the hot meals, water and first 援助（する） 道具s on long-運ぶ／漁獲高 British 航空路s flights.

About 8,000 乗客s on 41 flights were 影響する／感情d. BA said it put in place a contingency 計画（する） as soon as the news filtered through.

A 広報担当者 said: 'Our 乗客s have the 選択 to travel, re-調書をとる／予約する or receive a refund. We are doing everything we can to 確実にする our flights 出発／死 on time. That's our main 強調.

'They are getting 義務的な items on board so there is water and first-援助（する） 道具s and other things that the catering staff put on board.

'We apologise to 乗客s, but the 状況／情勢 is out of our 支配（する）／統制する. We are trying our hardest to 確実にする they can still get to their 目的地s.'

Short-運ぶ／漁獲高 flights were not 影響する／感情d. Gate Gourmet's managing director, Eric Born, said the 会社／堅い had already been in 会談 with the 輸送（する） and General 労働者s Union about 再編成 the company to 避ける 崩壊（する）.

He said the 労働者s 違反d their 契約 by taking 非公式の strike 活動／戦闘. 'After months of trying to find a consensual を取り引きする the TGWU and the staff to 解決する the 財政上の 危機 and 安全な・保証する the 未来 of the company, this un-投票（する）d 活動／戦闘 is a 破滅的な blow.

'The 労働者s took 産業の 活動／戦闘 in 返答 to the arrival of 130 seasonal 労働者s - who we 雇う every summer to 会合，会う high 需要・要求する during 頂点（に達する） season - as an excuse to 刺激する strike 活動／戦闘. If we don't change, the company will not 生き残る and there will be no 未来.

'We now have to take 支配（する）／統制する of the 状況／情勢 速く which may lead to 再編成 to 避ける the 崩壊（する） of the company.'

But the union （刑事）被告 the company of deliberately 製造業の the 論争. A 広報担当者 said extra staff had never before been taken on while 永久の 労働者s were under 脅し of redundancy.

Sean Cunningham, his wife Ursula and their children Colanne, 16, and Cale, 13, were about to board a flight to New York last night when they were told to 在庫／株 up on food food.

Mr Cunningham, from Hertfordshire, said: 'I'm not happy. 'If we'd known about it beforehand, it would have helped. The first we heard about it was when we checked in.

'The 航空機による gave us £70 in 保証人／証拠物件s for the four of us to get something to eat. We've eaten here and we're going to buy 軽食s for the flight. There's not much else we can do. So it's New York on Coke and crisps. 'It's Colanne's birthday today, so this is a big 失望 for her.'

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