strikertworedshoes - let me explain it another way. Your salary will be divided by 365 to get a daily rate. VS will deduct that amount from your wages for every day you're on strike. You will be considered to be on strike from the first day you refuse to work until the day that you next go to work. That's the law.
Why don't you ask one of the flight deck reps next time you go to work - BALPA seems to be a much better organised and more efficient union than Amicus - they're certainly better informed.