I suspect most of your 14000 colleagues will be at work whilst you're on the front line. It's all well and good saying BA move the goalposts, but times change, and sadly whatever you, and indeed I, gave up at the last cost saving round we are now in a situation where BA could feasibly be looking at insolvency. Not either of our faults, but that's where we are. The current Unite proposals to BA were apparently somewhat optimistic with their sums, and also included not claiming a pay rise as a cost saving. I'm sure you can see why BA weren't impressed by that. Simply tinkering round the edges and trying to preserve outdated agreements by cutting rates for new entrants doesn't get close to delivering the efficiencies needed in the timeframe needed. BA don't need trickle-through savings from new starters when it only takes one old contract CSD to insist on his two local nights at Prestwick to scupper the operation.