I didn't say BASSA hadn't been telling the truth, I asked you to bring me the facts so we can debate the merits/demerits of them all. It's not about pointing accusatory fingers. I've seen the BASSA document too and it doesn't say a thing. Numbers plucked from the air aren't true because they come from a source you trust over another. Verification's the key. For example, the £60m diversion cost savings. How exactly did BASSA break that one down. After all they took BA's total cost of £20m per diversion and attributed every single penny of the savings to themselves. When BA think that £57m of that is lost revenue, you just can't argue that coming home a day sooner after a diversion is saving that much income to the company. So, if BASSA are right, how does that one break down? That's what I mean by facts we can debate. I understand completely your instincts lead you to trust your union. Mine do too with BALPA for that matter. The argument temporary/permanent has been done for a while now to me - the world economy has changed structurally and most likely forever. So must we with it.
If, however, you'd like an example of how BASSA can be a little sparing with the truth here you go. One of our senior reps personally sent a copy of our agreement to your branch chairperson. They then claimed they found it lying round a hotel. When BASSA's proposal came out they claimed the pay cut was identical to ours. The basic pay cut was, at 2.61% but BASSA neglected to mention the additional £2 per hour cut from our flying pay. That wasn't mirrored in the proposal. Everyone shapes the world and what they see in it to fit their own needs but that came across as shameless opportunism to me.
However we do need representatives in an organisation such as BA. If BASSA is your chosen group and your chosen style then I wish you well. From the outside looking in however, it's not as well regarded I fear.
Perhaps if BASSA had really worked towards the Jun 30 deadline there might have been an agreement. There might have been a bonus package, I really don't know. The trouble now is it's down to the scrapping and for all that I fear the worst. There's a lot of legal weight behind BA and a lot of recourses for them. Don't doubt for a moment they'll use all of them.