On every communication from BASSA leading up to the VR cut off, they clearly stated that the IFCE proposals were just proposals, negotiations were ongoing, and you should only take VR if you were absolutely sure you wanted to leave. I'm not sure how much clearer they could have made it. BASSA are quite used to BA's games, putting forward a crappy deal to persuade people to leave and then offering a better deal once they have. I don't think BASSA can be blamed for people's knee jerk reactions, and their failure to carefully read communications.