The company's spin, that baby has 189 pilots is rubbish.
That may be the number, including the 'John Doe' pahantoms which make the roster software work, and people who haven't actually joined yet, but it simply ain't true.
With new joiners whose feet aren't even under the table, leavers, and part time management pilots the numbet is in the high 170s.
90 is over fifty percent of the true number.
To spin 'we will not strike over the Bank holiday' into 'we have no mandate, therefore we will not strike' is dangerous indeed. BALPA have a mandate, make no mistake.