And what exactly will Balpa's bargaining position be? I don't see they have much ammunition to play with?
These are unprecedented times, the result of which will not be overcome for several years at best. With such a large scale projected loss of workforce, across all areas of the business, there is very little ability, or indeed need for any enhanced redundancy payments. We are reliant on a significant amount of goodwill - Much of the pointy end workforce was very unwilling to offer any flexibility a few months back!