It is very easy for all non BA pilots to egg on the BA pilots to strike. At the end of the day I believe money will talk and those with mortgages and families will not strike for any real period of time, if at all. If your job is at risk due to "illegal " strike action then very few will strike and those that do will be used as an example to others thinking of raising their heads above the parapit. It is a !!!!!e situation to be in. BALPA are going to have to earn their fees on this one and find a way around the BA legal point of view. If BALPA cannot then I think it will put them in an untenable position. I have a nasty suspicion that BA are calling BALPA's bluff and giving them enough rope to hang themselves. It has been poorly handled by BALPA...so far.