That would be the standard price of discontinuing the case, which would seem to be a lot less than the price of continuing. Ask yourself the following: if BALPA are threatened with an obscure piece of Euro-legislation by your employer, what would you prefer them to do? Take it to court and test if it's valid, or say "Sorry boys, game's up, now bend over"? Those were the only two options. No 'wait and see', no 'let's get a really good lawyer and have a think about it'. This was a case where you put your money where your mouth is or surrender. Which option would you prefer?
I actually think Saint Peters idea of a seperate union for BA is not a bad idea. We'll take 60% of BALPAs assets, which is proportionally less than we've contributed, pay off the legal costs then go our own way. Or perhaps he was thinking we'd just leave him all the money we've contributed in the past and have no access to it?
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