BA website today 5 August 2019, at 1120 BST, Update on,
Proposed industrial action by BALPA
First sentence, " We have been working with the pilots’ union, BALPA, to reach an agreement on pay and we are continuing with talks at ACAS." (My bold)
Penultimate sentence, " We understand how precious your summer holidays are and we are very sorry BALPA has threatened to call this strike action. We will continue to exhaust every possible means to avoid it and we urge BALPA to return to talks as soon as possible". (My bold)
I don't see how both highlighted sentences can be true! But then I am probably a senile retired pilot, RAF, BA and eJ.
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