After the fiasco of the CC strike in 2007 and being badly caught out by it, I just decided that for leisure use a non militant air-line and for business where someone else was paying I didnt care.
I made the right choice, no xmas screw up for me but dare say the flight will now be full.
Whatever the rights or wrongs, BA is in the endgame of its existence, a full 12 days strike on its own must eat up a substantial chunk of BAs cash reserves and with their daily losses - ouch.