British Airways ‘spying’ scandal: How the world’s most famous airline spied on its own staff

‘British Airways paid £1m to hush up the details of a spying operation in which the phones and emails of its own cabin staff were allegedly improperly accessed during a bitter dispute with Britain’s largest union.

The payment was made to stop the union, Unite, suing BA over the operation by specialist investigators based at Heathrow. Unite claimed the private communications of 10 BA staff, some of whom were also union officials, were accessed during a period in 2011 when the airline faced renewed strike action.’

Read more: British Airways 'spying' scandal: How the world's most famous airline spied on its own staff