Sketty - your post shows your ignorance rather well.
A wildcat strike because you are a bit pissed off with things is one thing.
A legal strike to save 40% of a pension that has been promised to you since day 1 is a different kettle of fish.
There will be absolutely no strike, nor a need for one, if BA come up with a good solution. None of us WANT to strike, and a strike has not been planned, what we are saying is we WILL strike if our pensions are stolen.
Now you tell me, is it right that the staff fund a new set of aircraft, or should the earnings of the company do that?
Would you pay many thousands of pounds from your own pocket to buy BA some new aircraft, so that the shareholders can get richer? Thought not. We don't want to either.