There is a slight difference between having to work an extra 10 years for same pension and having to attend a meeting when you are sick. Its about degrees. BA flight crew have modernised virtually all agreements and fly as many or more hours than our competitors, I can think of only 1 or 2agreements that wouldnt stand up to outside experienced scrutiny. The cabin crew have failed to even think about modernising and have been brought to a frenzy for a load of silly little niggles that they can never win on. (Though i understand the BASSA have recruited the Iraqi information minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf to claim glorious victory whatever happens)
The tragedy is when these idiots who currently run BA do actually come after something important the crew will have no stomach for further action.