There are also other constraints for the cabin crew who work within tiny galley kitchens.
Cabin crew will walk out for four separate five-day strikes in May and June.
The union claimed that some cabin crew lived in fear of calling in sick.
The directive also clarifies the rules for people working as a cabin crew staff.
One BA cabin crew worker contacted the BBC to say she was "delighted" the strike had been stopped.
British Airways cabin crew have also talked of striking on the same day and over the Easter period.
The British Airways cabin crew union, Unite, has announced fresh strike dates in its long-running dispute with the airline.
The home base will be used to establish which country's social security system is used by cabin crew staff.
The postponement followed five hours of talks between Mr Walsh and senior shop stewards from the union's cabin crew branch.
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The retirement age for cabin crew could be raised by 10 years.
The AAIB report found that the cabin crew did not inform the flight crew they had moved the passengers to the back.
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Unite members rejected a fresh deal for cabin crew earlier this month.
The airline said it conducted an inquiry after it was notified that cabin crew members were in the cockpit for a prolonged period.
British Airways has tabled a fresh offer in an attempt to end the long-running dispute with cabin crew and avert possible further strikes.
Iberia has cancelled more than 400 flights out of 1, 000 scheduled for this week, with cabin crew and baggage handlers staging the walk-out.
Cathay Pacific's cabin crew have voted in favour of an industrial action after their salary negotiations with the Hong Kong-based carrier broke down.
Kingfisher Airlines is so broke it cannot pay its gorgeous cabin crew, for instance, and Air India is also manifestly in deep distress.
Six hours before British Airways' cabin crew were due to begin their third strike of the year, the High Court blocked the action last night.
British Airways' cabin crew say they have offered to take pay cuts, a far cry from the inflation-busting rises demanded three decades ago.
The offer, made to the Unite union that represents cabin crew, includes changes to pay structures that the airline says address cabin crew concerns.
In a statement, Unite's joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley blamed BA for forcing cabin crew to again resort to industrial action.
Cabin crew or those "less close" to the president are sent to a cramped 12-seat economy class cabin at the back of the plane.
Strike papers are being sent to cabin crew today to assess their views of new working practices that have frozen pay and reduced allowances.
The American Airlines spokesman said the plane was safe and that the flight departed about an hour late for Chicago with a new cabin crew.
The problem as he describes it lies with a branch of Unite called the British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA), which looks exclusively after BA cabin crew.
Some contend that, in those crucial parts of a flight, passengers should not be distracted, and should be alert to instructions from the cabin crew.
On October 31st Virgin fired 13 of its cabin crew who had posted derogatory comments about its safety standards and some of its passengers on a Facebook forum.
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Although its pilots and engineers are paid at globally competitive rates, most cabin crew and ancillary staff are recruited on lowish wages from the subcontinent and South-East Asia.
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It calls for more training and support for cabin crew.
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Some passengers saw the wheel fall as the plane's landing gear retracted just after take off, but "they did not inform the cabin crew at this point", the report said.
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