It's probably too late to say this but what BASSA needs/has needed is a leadership that can see past the end of its own nose and has the political nous to judge what battles are worth fighting.
BASSA has created a rod for its own back. If it had let BA get on with what it is here to do - get passengers to where they need to be - and had not been so obstructive about service changes (hot towels in WT+ FFS!) crew would not be facing such drastic changes to working practices.
When BASSA chooses which battles to fight, it should do so in an informed, intelligent and credible mannger - not by launching personal attacks on individuals in BA management, making ludicrous claims that the recession is "rapidly disappearing", refusing to turn up to meetings, proposing cost savings that are shot through with holes and so and so on.