SP, the BALPA deal is done. Get over it. Whether you feel it is a good or bad deal is totally irrelevant.
Illegal strike? Possibly not. However, if strike action leads to a possible threat to the stability of the business, which, let's face it WW has been harping on about, is a distinct possibility then the ability to sack workers under SOSR has been well discussed here.
No scaremongering, no untruths just the ability to present the scenario as it could, possibly, pan out. Why haven't BASSA warned their members of this possibility? At the last strike NONE of the crew were aware that they could be dismissed over strike action. Okay they might get a punitive payout at the subsequent industrial tribunal but they would still be without a job. Surely it is the responsibility of a union to present ALL possible outcomes to their membership before issuing what could possibly be a terminal strike ballot. Does BASSA value it's members so little that they will not warn them of the possibility of failure and its consequences. Doesn't sound like a particularly membership protective organisation to me.
This time BA has the I's dotted and the T's crossed. They are ready for the usual BASSA rant.
Sadly, as most other departments have taken the supposed 'roll over and give in' approach we will just sit back and watch. Expect no sympathy as the opportunity has been squandered.
As to:
Let's see how good BALPA is when Walsh turns to you again as he surely will.
we shall see what we shall see. At the least the company might still be there to see that bridge crossed.
WAR is the preserve of those who fail at diplomacy and is always an ugly solution.