'WE CAN ONLY AFFORD POT NOODLES'
Striking British Airways staff say they are paid so badly they can’t buy proper meals
HARD-UP BA air crew claim they can only afford to eat Pot Noodles because of their measly wages.
Some are even sleeping in their cars because airport hotel rooms are too expensive, one air stewardess claims.
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While the Brit carrier's uniform was often the most expensive item members of staff owned.
The bitter accusations come as nearly 3,000 cabin crew go on strike over their pay.
And striker Charly Bacon, 25, told : "You expect to be able to afford things like phone bills, rent and petrol for your car as well as work and love the job that you do but unfortunately that is not the case.
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"I've experienced friends having to sleep in their cars because they can't afford the hotels around the area or they can't afford the crew rooms."
Cabin crew walked out yesterday and will return on Tuesday with a further four-day walk-out due to begin on Thursday.
But BA insisted that all flights from Gatwick and London City would operate as scheduled.
They added that the vast majority of flights from Heathrow would operate as usual.
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The carrier insists its cabin crew start in £21,000 when bonuses and allowances are taken into account.
Striking staff said the true figure is nearer to £12,000.
BA's head of cabin crew Karen Slinger said: "We've been talking to Unite now for several months about cabin crew pay so we've offered a very fair and reasonable pay rise to our cabin crew colleagues which has been accepted by over 92 per cent of our colleagues across British Airways.
"We desperately want to resolve this as soon as possible and hope that Unite will accept that offer on behalf of their colleagues."
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