Why would they/you strike?
Because they are trying to steal over £500,000 from my pension fund.
They/you earn a fantastic salary, doing something others only dream of.
If they got off their backsides and got an ATPL instead of dreaming they could do it too.
By comparison with the cut-throat commercial world, their/your job is straighforward, if occasionaly demanding. It the work they/you have been trained for, and sought the priviledge to execute.
It's not a privilege. Nor is it an honour for that matter. Its a job. When will you wannabees realise that job satisfaction doesn't pay the bills. Cool, hard, crispy cash does. So pay up BA or the planes stop flying.