Byalphaindia #2691
Just to give some context to your point on staff fear. There are now probably enough redundant, experienced CC in Europe to replace BA's entire CC workforce. The airline has a massive waiting list of newby wannabes A strike is not a high risk event for BA. If it happens, it happens. They can break it pretty quickly using other sources of labour.
Strike action where the employer is at a clear tipping point in terms of needing to make changes, is never a good idea. The classic example is the miners in 1984. They stayed out for a year, did not manage to turn off a solitary light bulb across the country over that period, or save a solitary threatened job. They just lost a year's pay trying.
And for anyone seeing the government taking the side of "the workers", just look at how little support the striking postal workers have received. The government's response to a protracted BA strike would be to allow other airlines to replace BA's capacity. Keeping business going generally is their priority at the moment, ie generating tax revenue. They have bigger things to worry about than how many CC are on a BA jumbo.