The GMB are organising the strike ballot. Just like the previous check-in staff walk out, Ed Blissett and his communist cronies are posturing to win members by staging a "who's toughest on BA management" contest. TGWU and Amicus are merging. Once that goes ahead GMB will be a small union in BA with little influence. Blissett knows this and so is talking tough now in an effort to attract disillusioned TGWU and Amicus members to his union before it is sidelined in BA.