British Airways risks strike action over plans to curb pension benefits

Unite and GMB unions make veiled threat after airline proposes overhaul to limit payouts from defined benefits schemeBritish Airways could face further industrial action, this time over plans to curb retirement benefits for 17,000 pension scheme members, a move unions say would have consequences for the carrier.The airline is proposing an overhaul that would limit retirement payouts from its defined benefit scheme (Naps). It blamed low interest rates and rising life expectancy for an increase in