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British Airways ‘to suspend 36,000 staff days after grounding ALL flights to and from Gatwick’ NewsColony British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36,000 staff as it battles to survive the coronavirus  crisis.  The airline has reached a broad deal with the Unite union that will include the suspension of 80 per cent of its cabin crew, ground staff, engineers and those working at head office. Crucially however, no staff are expected to be made redundant following as a result of the deal, which came after ten days of intense talks, according to the BBC. On Tuesday, the airline axed all its flights to and from Gatwick Airport as COVID-19 continues to strangle the aviation industry. The airline, which jets to Europe, America and the Caribbean from the West Sussex airport, has already mothballed many planes across its UK bases including London City Airport  – but is still running from London Heathrow with a severely reduced schedule. ...