Max...........and exactly the reason why the public at large think that pilots are over paid
And still nobody has given a single credible reason why BA pilots should give a toss what the public at large think, whether it's about their salaries in general or the strike more specifically.
BA pilots are employees of a private company. They are not civil servants whose salary is determined by a remuneration committee that is itself ultimately answerable to MPs who are themselves ultimately answerable to the voters. Public opinion on who is to blame doesn't matter; whether the public takes the management's side or the pilots' side, the fact remains that people will probably be put off booking with BA while the threat of a strike looms. As previously alluded to, that is kind of the point.