The price of International Solidarity
No the aim of any action by union members in USA, Australia and anyother overseas destination will be to incoveninece passengers who BA manage to carry during strike days. They will be seen as legitimate targets of this action because they have the temerity to try to complete travel plans many have made months prior to the strike being muted.
Baggage handling, aircraft cleaning, catering and aircraft maneuvering will be disrupted in an effort to put passengers off flying BA (and in the process losing the money they have paid for their tickets). There can be no mistake. Unite's attempts to incite what amounts to secondary action (illegal in the UK) are about bringing the most inconvenience as possible to the travelling public.
With the trouble brewing in the US airline industry, I guess we can look forward to Unite's members taking similar action against American carriers operating into the UK. That will be the price for US solidarity and an action that will almost certainly put the Union in conflict with the courts. I wonder whether the Teamsters have considered this aspect and realised Unite is not in a position to reciprocate?