PPrune network isn't really a Rumour Network, its' a propaganda network these days,or at least it is for some. It intrigues me that the BA Pilot posters', in the overwhelming majority, refer to detailed and accurate arguments that show why they have taken the stance they have whereas the nay sayers are either a) new posters with no previous track record on pprune or b) the same old pilot haters of yore like 411a who'se sole mantra seems to be that pilots are worth no more than a baggage loader, (no disrespect to a hard physical job), with his attendant glee at every single backwards step he sees in pilot pay.
I have a strong suspicion that many of the nay sayers have an axe to grind that has a lot less to do with being Joe Public,(not an insult, just a phrase in ordinary parlance, by the way), and a lot more with being involved with the management side of BA or other companies with an interest in scr*wing BA pilot pay. We haven't even had Mr John Torrode of the Daily M*il with his specialist "Pilot - Hater" articles yet - to come, no doubt. Now that BALPA have exhausted every avenue with BA I suggest BA pilots pretty much ignore most of the pilot-hating/baiting posted here, (most do anyway, I am sure). The contempt with which BA treat pretty much all its frontline staff beggars belief. BALPA will win and BA may yet be a far better airline for it.