A British Airways cabin crew member has opened up about the trauma of losing her job amid the coronavirus pandemic - a year after her husband died.
Mum 'Lucy' called into This Morning as she feared for the future as a flood of redundancies have been announced from a number or airlines.
British Airways are set to make 43,000 people redundant, while EasyJet plans to cut up to 4,500 jobs.
'Lucy', whose identity was obscured on the programme, opened up about her difficult time to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford.
She said: "I lost my husband last year, it was last year in March and shortly afterwards, when I just about got over the trauma and process of that.
"He was quite young, he was only 55 and I'm 50. And then we had the pandemic and the uncertainty about our jobs and flying throughout the virus and feeling we weren't perhaps as protected as we would have liked to have been.
"And worrying that if we had to fly and finding out subsequently that our jobs were at risk and now we find out that on the 15th June - we haven't had any real correspondence because we're furloughed - that we will indeed as a company, 43,000 will be made redundant."
'Lucy' revealed that she was also currently home schooling her son at the moment.
She spoke to Emma Kenny about the way she could help her mental health.
The cabin crew member also revealed that her husband's death was particularly traumatic as he had been an alcoholic.
Emma suggested she have some grief therapy and issued her with some exercises to try out.
British Airways, which has already confirmed plans to cut up to 12,000 roles, including 1,130 pilots, said it has entered consultation with colleagues.
In a letter sent to staff a fortnight ago, British Airways set out new terms and conditions on the back of the pandemic.
It's now emerged that workers are also being sent redundancy notices - which are due to end on June 15.
*This Morning airs weekdays at 10am on ITV
