Originally Posted by Juan Tugoh
Willie Walsh sold the paintings off the walls at Aer Lingus, then at BA took the pilots to the High Court over their last dispute and then went after them for costs.
Not quite accurate there Juan. Walsh told BALPA he'd get an injunction against the strike. BALPA took BA to the High Court to see if an injunction would be valid. As it was BA lucked out on an interpretation of EU law but they hadn't planned on fighting in the High Court and the commitment to the UK scope clause they gave on oath is something I suspect they'd rather have avoided. A victory for BALPA? No. A victory for BA? Only pyrrhic at best.
WTDWL - the reason BASSA haven't ended up in the High Court is they've never taken BA to the High Court. Caving in is their main tactic. It's all well and good having a legally watertight ballot but if you don't have the support behind you and the votes are garnered from people who never really thought they'd have to strike it's not worth much.