I do not think that the company would fear a strike. It is OK for many of the reps to bluster about what might happen, the same is true of ground services reps. The rub is that the majority of staff with less than 10 years have too many outgoings to take such action. There would also be a number of staff that would work as happened last time. On the last ocassion a couple of thousand rang in sick as they did not have the bottle to admit to taken industrial action.
I support our CC in many aspects, they are professional and many are a credit to the company. However, we at BA are still paid in excess of all of our competitors and can only survive with further fiscal cuts. Such cuts must in the main take into account future pay and allowances for all of us at BA, irrespective of whether we like it or not.