Rover90 - Sorry but I have to disagree with your last but one post; there is nothing impressive or fantastic about BASSA.
To continue in the poor taste of war theme analogies (apologies to all), Hitler too built up an "impressive and loyal following", primarily due to the following reasons:
Long-term bitterness
Deep anger about the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles created an underlying bitterness to which Hitler’s viciousness and expansionism appealed, so they gave him support.
Ineffective Constitution
Weaknesses in the Constitution crippled the government. In fact, there were many people in Germany who wanted a return to dictatorship. When the crisis came in 1929–1933 – there was no one who was prepared or able to fight to stop Hitler.
Money
The financial support of wealthy businessmen gave Hitler the money to run his propaganda and election campaigns.
Propaganda
Nazi propaganda persuaded the German masses to believe that the Jews were to blame and that Hitler was their last hope.
Programme
Hitler promised everybody something, so they supported him.
Attacks on other parties
The Stormtroopers attacked Jews and people who opposed Hitler. Many opponents kept quiet simply because they were scared of being murdered – and, if they were, the judges simply let the Stormtroopers go free (see point 2).
Personal Qualities
Hitler was a brilliant speaker, and his eyes had a peculiar power over people. He was a good organiser and politician. He was a driven, unstable man, who believed that he had been called by God to become dictator of Germany and rule the world. This kept him going when other people might have given up. His self-belief persuaded people to believe in him.
BASSA have great similarities: they are long-term bitter, they have enormous wealth, they use false promises and propaganda, they attack non-believers both on the inside and out, and they are unstable in their self-belief that "BA cabin crew are the best in the world" (we are not). Their only strength is their solidarity, but that has however been severely dented since the Xmas fiasco.
BA now have no choice but to exterminate this cult and obscene following that threatens our very existence. Some diehards believe that BA should follow "agreements" when BASSA threatened to bring this company down, just a matter of weeks ago. It beggars belief.
Anyway, no worries cos for now, the score is:
BA 2 - BASSA 0. Bring it on.
I am a BA cabin crew member and the above is my own view and not that of BA.