London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – The long labor rift between British Airways and its cabin crew , represented by the labor union Unite, appears headed for repair. Both parties are no longer as combative as before and are approaching a peace deal.

The move is seen as favorable to air travelers because it would avert an Easter and a royal wedding strike.

Indicators of the looming peace between the two parties are postponement by Unite of announcing work stoppages even if majority of the union’s members favored a job walk off and BA extending by 28 days the current strike mandate set to lapse on Monday.

The path towards harmony is paved by the appointment of Keith Williams as the air carrier’s chief executive and Len McCluskey as the union’s general secretary. Williams is easier to deal with than the former BA chief executive Willie Walsh.

What also helped the two parties is the use of a firm that specializes in dealing with fragility of trust. Reports said BA and Unite senior officials met with a clinical psychologist to help them thresh out the long-standing issues that stood in the way of the two parties reaching an accord.

That company, Organization Resources, which focuses on issues such as complex interpersonal relationship issues resting on simple human emotions. Mark Hamlin, the clinical psychologists who helped BA and Unite, is a former drama teacher.

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