BASSA haven't fought hard for anything since the privatisation of the company.
If anything approached the T's & C's of LHR then BASSA hacked limbs off to preserve the core. Manchester, Birmingham and Gatwick all got hacked in the interest of preserving the core LH T's & C's.
The only reason that BASSA have enjoyed their stay of execution is due to weak, ineffectual management in the past. They are having this horror scenario now because, finally, the management has the courage to take on the union and get the pay and terms down to market rate.
Price Waterhouse Coopers, one of the top 4 independent accounting houses in the world has judged the BASSA figures to be woefully inadequate, permanent or not. £174m from BASSA in real terms being £54m as judged by PwC. the temporary BASSA figures included gross savings which encompassed a variety of other departments not just the CC.
However, as PwC has the temerity to disagree with BASSA they have been branded 'in the pocket' of BA.
Other departments have been living with the merged allowances for 5 years now. BASSA throws the 'basic' pay figure about without bothering to add on the allowances pay which, for the uninitiated, is taxed at a lower level than 'normal' pay hence giving you a greater 'chunk' in your pocket.
Where have BA not been honest and upfront? The 'leaked' document was the BA start point for negotiation which was done under a veil of secrecy at the request of BASSA? We have all been seeing this coming since the inception of project Columbus.
Wake up Flying Chick, the BASSA rhetoric is passing everybody by now. The company seems to be willing to take a strike and positioning itself for contract imposition. Only a few of the 'die hards' can't see it.
Good luck.