The thing is, where do you go, if not Unite? The collective groups of Balpa and Unite achieved more for staff the rest of the company achieved. In fact 240% more than the non unionised departments. Ok, you are paying for the privilege of collective bargaining, so that has to be removed from the total gained, but it is still a gain.
What Unite has done, is basically gone along with the vast majority of the balanced non strike arguments on these threads and hopefully plus some (if it is a completely non sell funding strings attached deal). Take what is on the table (although that offer was removed and not to be re offered, yeah, whatever!) agree measures to restructure the way pay is dealt with in the future, remove the damage and fragmentation of what a strike would cause to EVERY employee and move forward.
Blame the reps, blame VS or blame Dickie, it doesn't matter. Bridges will have to be built and for the sake of everyone, progress has to be made.
The biggest worry is you know what the position of the bearded one is now. You work for a company that is about fringe benefits, not pay and a career.
The management team will have to turn this position around. You have to respect the qualities of experience and expertise and what they bring to the product. If you want Virgin to be a YTS (if you are old enough to remember this) product, then suffer the consequences.