Comet – your comment shows total ignorance. So your holiday flight may be affected (after reading your post I sure hope it is.) Do you know how much staff at airport handling agents get paid? I can assure you its not a liveable wage, usually no more than £5 to £6 an hour, to be at the airport at all hours of the day and dealing with all the s**t from passengers first hand. The union is representing airport workers well. At the end of the day flights will get delayed if the strikes go ahead, but surely you can understand why these strikes may go ahead?