The cost of a strike is a drop in the ocean compared to what we have in cash reserve - lets face it they millions paid out in fines will more than cover the lost revenue of a few days strike - and if BA win the potential upside is massive
Somehow Lurker I think you should read back in the thread. The additional funding BA received was based on the cost savings they guaranteed to make.
BASSA think for reasons beyond me that they are immune to these cost savings, even going so far as to invent some themselves - which of course did not bear even the most cursory of scrutinies.
If BA intend to use any of those funds in any potential dispute, it will be to cushion the blow of lost revenue while they sack strikers and employ people who don't actually think they are owed a living.
They didn't borrow money to keep BASSA diehards in the lifestyle to which they've become accustomed, no matter what you might think!