Yes they are. Also this is public relations to sway the opinion of the public, press and parliament. The original comms from BA were very certain that time was short, June 15th would be the appointed day, and money was short. The offer was compulsory redundancies at the bare minimum legal amount and the horrendous new proposed contracts.
The leverage campaign has had effect. June 15th passed without incident, (though it is rumored that the section 188 wasn’t legally correct and the process has restarted), voluntary redundancy has been offered and the proposed contract for cabin crew , at least, has been improved.
The danger with this new cabin crew offer is that it causes a split in Unite who represent both MFU the MF union and BASSA the legacy union. On the face of it, to a mildly interested press, public and parliament the offer seems reasonable under the circumstances.
It isn’t. This fight is far from over, unites campaign needs to alter in response.