Border staff strike unlikely to affect travellers, says BAA At the moment we are not advising passengers to change their plans. British Airways, the sole airline at Terminal 5, has said it will continue to operate its normal flight schedule. A statement from Manchester Airport said it is working to minimise disruption for customers, but advised passengers to assist staff by having travel documents ready when they arrive at immigration. It also asked passengers to use e-passport gates, where possible. For advice on using your biometric passport, click here. The walk-out, by members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union and the Immigration Service Union, which together represent more than 15,000 UK Border Agency staff, is due to begin at midnight tonight. However, the PCS has warned that disruption could start before then, with those members whose shifts begin earlier in the evening and overlap the strike period unlikely to turn up to work. It also warned that disruption could continue until Friday morning.