This is getting really interesting...
We have BASSA drawing a line in the sand.
Unite behind BASSA.
WW determined to introduce new Ts and Cs.
Unite still concerned over the GG fiasco and that BA could have wiped them out for illegal strike action.
Unite are major backers of the Labour party.
The Labour party cannot afford to lose the donations from Unite but cannot bail out BA (lack of public cash and EU rules), so just how much influence can the government exert on BA/Unite?
If I was a gambling man I'd say we are not going to have a strike. Rather an 11th hour capitulation from Unite, BASSA will not have everything they want, but nor will the company either, cost savings from what is eventually agreed will be massaged to meet the targets and everyone will claim victory all around.
All IMHO of course...