If you can be bothered to type your opinion Chox, don't you think it would be courtesy to read the whole topic first.
I don't necessarily disagree with any of your 'facts'. But you're missing one vitally important one yourself...
BA say they can't afford to pay. We (i.e. the pilots) don't believe that is true.
We know what they have planned, there hasn't even been much attempt to disguise it (a little bit of a softening up campaign, which unfortunately seems to have worked on other staff groups)... A simple case of renege on the promises made to our staff so we can drastically increase our profitability and increase the bonuses and share option values of the senior managers and directors.
We are simply not prepared to let them get away with it. BA have just jumped on the bandwagon due to the media coverage of the 'pensions crisis'.
They can afford to pay. It's as simple as that.