Two points.
1. If my somewhat limited memory serves me correctly, since CD became Gen. Sec. we have scarecly heard a word of dissent from him. From the the ivory tower he inhabits at great expense to the membership, he failed spectacularly to move to prevent the massive lay offs caused by BA's heavy-handed move on Gatwick.
2. If anyone thinks that in the present climate that BA will continue to wield it's big stick in the same way as it did in the past, then they only have to look at the pitiful attempt by BA to muscle in to the Low cCost market to see they have cocked up in a big way recently and don't look as if they know quite where to go in the future.