I'll end how I started, BRING ON THE STRIKE and we WILL win.
Cj you have lost already!
The war for hearts and minds never started. Unite never got out of the trenches. The public are set against you and backing WW.
If Unite had chosen, say, strike from 3 Jan to 15 Jan it would still have impacted on BA's profits but would have had a lesser effect on the public. The Xmas dates are purely to headline Unite and make them look as though they fight for their members.
You are being used big time.
Regards
Vino
(over 30 years in the aviation world, seen it, got the Tshirt.)