I believe the difference between the two offers was the pay rise capped to 3% not 4% which would be irrelevant if RPI stays below 3% and removal of the bonus on basic pay.
Also a bit which Unite would hate is the removal of the bargining rights or representation of NF.
The first part goes some way towards regaining some of the costs the strike would cause and the second to reducing the influence of Unite.
Eddy thankyou for your posts and as a matter of interest are you now rethinking your decision to strike tomorrow.
I must confess that I was surprised that, yet again, this offer was so reasonable and should not impact crew wage packets that much unless inflation goes through the roof.
Edited to add I have noticed no pickets planned for LGW. I guess that tells us something.