Guys
I have contributed several times to this thread. generally I have advocated that in order to come to agreement it is better to negotiate.
Clearly, in this situation, the previous years of intransigence shown by both sides has resulted in an impasse, and an imminent 'failure to agree' with all that that implies.
Whatever is said here is immaterial, it is becoming clear that there will be no negotiated settlement and that after 1st July, in the next week, the strategies will become clear, with likely both sides digging in. I suspect that company law will favour the company, and that if there if the slightest illegality in BASSA's ballot (for example balloting over an issue conceded by BA), that they will be snakes and laddered back to zero and have to re-ballot, etc.
In the meantime, the BASSA mandate will weaken, and crumble, and by default, BA 'new fleet; wil be all persausive.