Firstly I didnt say anything about you being for or against anyone. But you do seem hell bent on ensuring a constant theme of them and us.
Secondly this ballot for strike isnt just about one item (the removal of a PSR from the upper deck). It also includes, among others, the following items :
Breakdown in industrial relations
Pensions
Application of EG300
Joining of Main Crew new starter rates to old rates
Purser Junior swap
Fixed links
'Preferred seller'
Man Base closure
900 hours
Downroute report times
So its not just one sticking point as far as the cabin crew are concerned.
I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens.
As for your last remark, about my supposed grammatical error? Quotation marks may also be used to set off specific terms or words and not just direct or indirect quotations. And for reference, the word disingenuous, infers insincerity. And that's just plain rubbish!
As a footnote, I am not at all naive when it comes to office politics. I am sure there are plenty of things that go on behind closed doors that we do not hear about. I assure you that I am not one to blindly follow what the union says nor what the company states.
However, based on my own personal experience of both sides in this conflict, I have to say I agree with the current stance of BASSA. If we do not stand up now, where does it end? Complete disregard for our current terms and conditions? Destruction of any future ones?
I hope not and as I said earlier time will tell.