BA was within the law of opening up a base in NY which had no bearing to BA crew based in the UK.
At least get your facts straight. There is no pilot base in New York they are EU based hence the dispute.
BALPA did not lose the case, they withdrew as the case would have taken several years and many many millions of pounds. In the end BA had deeper pockets to pursue the case. Do you see how that relates to whats happening now? If you dont learn from history yiou are condemmed to repeat it.
One big plus was that as a result of the dispute the Director of Flt Ops had to stand up in the High Court and confirm the UK scope clause making it very very hard for BA to renage on.
One of the reasons why BASSA reps have not been posteing on forums, as this would play into BA's hand.
Its far too late for that, the damage was done in the June/July newsletters/postings.