The vote was indeed a narrow majority. i don't think anyone was impressed by the offer, but the whole thing was a mess from the start. The previous crew council had their heads sofar up ABZ arse they would have settled for minus1.5% if told to and the last crew council chairman has just taken a management post, whilst the pay talks were underway!!
Don't be to hard on the bmi regional crews, they have now voted in favour of BALPA which in part was largly down to the old Company council (sorry crew council) pratting about.
The pay deal is over for this year and the single most important thing right now is to get BALPA installed, i think you'll find that ABZ will have a much more difficult task next year, and many want the pay talks to start they day after BALPA agree terms of reference with ABZ.