It's simpler than that. Unite, BA, and the Government, all want a "real" strike.
Unite will find it helpful in their internal jockeying.
BA need to destroy Bassa. (Properly destroy)
The current Govt want a real strike so that they can solve the strike - and point out that the Tories would have no chance of solving strikes. Thus, the involvement of the delightful Mr CW.
As to what real BA CC with mortgages and families want, I'm afraid that they are now irrelevant in what has become a power struggle. Indeed, even the sensible ones on here , T,GG et al, might end up being used/abused in this messy process.