Well, the thought is that a strike would result in a reduction in the financial health of the company.
You don't say!
The numbers BA are talking about are within a whisker of what BALPA are trying to achieve, whilst at the same time getting a much fairer solution for the staff, the pilots in particular. Why won't BA accept BALPA's solution? Because they're arrogant and it will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they've been lying all along. Hopefully they will see sense before their hand needs to be forced.