Bringing down the company is pure tosh. Cabin crew have bills to pay, mortgages to pay and family responsibilities to discharge. A few crew may not give a monkeys because they are independently wealthy, but I'm sure that's very few.
So would you rather be in employment working smarter or on the dole, the proud and powerful BASSA destroyed by having no crew to represent. It would be the union committing suicide to bring the company down; BASSA is the British Airways SSA for it to exist so must BA.
But to continue the logic, when BA is no more, what then? Re-employment by a phoenix like company on the same terms and conditions - only in never-never land where the children do not grow up. It is likely that even if the accountants do sell what remains of the assets to another company, say for arguments sake Virgin, what T&C's will they offer - oh yes, the one's they have already. That would be the best scenario, the other alternatives are far worse.
BA CC we are constantly told - and it is true - are generally well educated, thoughtful people. I am confident they will not follow people happy to lead the to the dole queue, as I said before, they have mortgages to pay. They have very little stomach for a strike, and a sick out will not work under this management.
So the Strike will leak, there will be plenty of cc that do not agree or cannot afford to agree with the vocal minority. In todays economic climate a job is a job, and it is this months mortgage and bills that will need to be paid.
The votes from Kempton Park mean very little and are suspiciously homogenous - no differences of opinion on 3 issues amongst 1500 people. Stalin would be proud, WW is not stupid he will look at those ballot results and smile.