The point is Muttley that the pay rise was the same one everybody else in the company got, RPI plus a tiny bit, but by implementing the pay rise in February 07 rather than October 06 when it was due, and not backdating it, it self funded the increase in the new contract pay scale. BASSA didn't actually win any more money from BA above the corporate pay offer, they simply redistributed the pot of cash they had to pay for the increase in new contract scales. Smoke and mirrors.
Dolly - I'm afraid you have to be a little more realistic in your outlook if you want to win a strike. You can stand by your view that BA cabin crew got a fair deal if you like, but majority of BA cabin crew know they got shafted by the TGWU and all the BASSA reps know they came out of it with a rubbish deal. They barely even tried to put any spin on it and accused the TGWU of selling them out. Does that sound like the response of people who got a fair deal? If thats the kind of result you want in Virgin then I'm sure the management will be only too willing to oblige!
