The CC employee group as a whole feel intimidated/bullied by the APPLICATION of the process
How dreadful, the poor darlings being "intimidated" by the application of the process into working over Henley, Ascot, Wimbledon, Xmas, New Year, Divali, Thanksgiving, Bastille Day and any day with a "Y" in it.
Haven't they realised that THEY were the prime reason for EG300, with their appalling attendance record over the years?
BASSA accepted it, and each crew member received a payment for agreeing to it. CC Managers may be feckless and useless (most I met were) and applying the process inconsistently (highly probable) but very few in any part of the rest of the airline will have the slightest sympathy for the Cabin Crew in this regard. Their past absence record over many years speaks for itself, getting away with murder for years.
Sorry for those genuine, doctor certified, cases that have been mishandled, but that's what tends to happen when the sytem, having been abused for so long, bites back.