Can someone explain why Bassa have balloted for industrial action now when a court case has been arranged by them to settle the dispute in 6 weeks time?
This seems totally illogical action especially when they know they might spoil the Christmas holidays for BA's customers.
Reading between the lines of post made by some cabin crew it appears very obvious to anyone that the New Fleet is what is really worrying them. Addionally they know they cannot stop it unless Mr Walsh agrees to remove it with the impositions that have been imposed and then start again with a clean sheet of paper.
The million dollar question is if Mr Walsh removed the New Fleet and impositions (which is almost certain they he will not) what would Bassa actually be prepared to agree to towards making the required savings?
Their track record in negotiating is very poor which no doubt the judge will know about on 1 February. In all negotiations each side has to give and take, if that cannot be achieved then BA would have to make the impositions, how else could the saving be made?
For the crew who say they would rather see BA go bankrupt than contribute towards savings in the form of new T & C's and see 30,000 other employees who have already made savings in their departments end up on the dole queue is unbeleivable, especially under the current financial circumstances the entire country in experiencing.
If they want this to happen no doubt those that have voted YES will be prepared to strike, or will it be another repeat performance of the 1997 strike when only about 300 or so actually had the balls to strike, the rest went sick?
My opinion is Bassa are treading on very thin ice by hoping to strike when court action to resolve the issue is just a few weeks away.
The only two cabin crew I know personally seem to be a little unsure what they are voting YES for, all they could comment on was the New Fleet. One of them said working with one less crew was not a problem with a bit of efficiency in the cabin.