BA offered cabin crew a basic salary increase of 2.9% in 2011 and 3% in 2012 but Unite announced 67% of the members that voted on the deal rejected it.
But the figures show 3,419 rejected the deal, 1,686 accepted but 500 members didn’t even vote. BA claims 73% of staff didn’t reject the offer and is urging unite to accept the deal.
Unite joint general secretary Tony Woodley said: "Willie Walsh’s attempt to browbeat his employees into accepting his deal has failed miserably. For the fourth time in this dispute, cabin crew have given BA management the thumbs-down in a ballot.
"In a free vote – without any recommendation from the union – only 15% of crew accepted the deal that Willie Walsh claimed would be resoundingly accepted.
"BA cannot build industrial peace on such a flimsy foundation.
"This is a wake up call to BA. If Willie Walsh wants to lift the spectre of strike action from his schedule once and for all, he must come back with an offer acceptable to more than a tiny minority of the cabin crew. We are ready to talk."
