The max compensation ever paid amounted to 18 months basic.
Which would be less than 78,000 even for BA crew
The point many of you are missing is that Bassa and their supporters do not believe that BA will be able to continue any kind of operation once the strike starts, and will therefore be keen to quickly agree terms.
Will this happen?
If BA cannot prevent the strike from taking place what will they do?
1. Negotiate - most likely , but actually the problem is that Bassa don't know what they want. There are no proposals , and the ballot has no particular aim.
2. Starve out the strikers - unlikely because BA cannot afford it, and nor could Willie's ego.
3. Dismiss the strikers - possible, but if they do they'll have to ultimately destroy Bassa to avoid retribution. Or will Bassa be effectively destroyed by then anyway.