I have been following this thread with interest and in my opinion as an outsider, I think that this union BASSA seem to have a lot to answer for. In this day companies need to change and adapt to the market and sometimes that means that jobs need to change, people need to do things different and sometimes people are made redundant.
I understand that Richard Branson can react quickly as he does not have the interference that BA has, in my opinion, from an outsider I would blame the unions equally - you cannot refuse everything the company asks, the hot towel debate sums this up for me. That argument was just insane, sorry but that is how I view it.
I hope you survive and regardless of what you think, you do seem to have a stong leader, popular no - but someone who is prepared to stand up and fight. Maybe in 5 years if you get through this then you will think differently.