10 days ago was the 8th December. Only 5 days after the ballot (only 1 "T") opened and not an unreasonable time to allow for postage to Europe.
If any strike action is organised with the same disarray it's unlikely to have the desired effect.
As has been pointed out many, many, many times before, the increase in pay received by the pilots several years ago was wholly funded by significant efficiencies in working practices together with a 15% increase in hours flown. Unite, as directed by it’s members rejected the suggestion of any such efficiencies.
Not rocket science, I agree.