I have to say that if the company will not even see the union - and I am taking your word for it - then they feel that there is nothing constructive that can be said. The union now have to kill that idea and promote themselves as being part of the solution, not the problem, and an essential player in the future of the company.
The relevant managers all have the mobile phone numbers of BACC members programmed into their own mobile phones.
BALPA has taken the course you describe (part of the solution) over pensions and work coverage, in full and open discussions with the company. We have run into a brick wall this time - why? We can only conclude that there is a
very big hidden agenda.
Striking may well be a backward step, but BA management can avoid us taking it at any time, by returning to the table with some movement from their intransigent position.