What is the "legal" point of getting crew to sign a no strike agreement?
Surely it is meaningless as striking crew are in breach of contract anyway. If they sign it, but then strike anyway, aren't they simply in breach of the new contract, and hence nothing has changed? It would be a breach of the BASSA/BA recognition agreement since it would be a contract not negotiated with BASSA, so then the question arises can a BASSA member sign a contract not negotiated with their union without the union being, er, in dispute with BA!
The only real point I can see is it gives BA the opportunity to more accurately target who they roster for the second strike. They already know who broke the strike the first time and thus who will very likely do so again. Those who sign a NSA will be more likely to come in on the second strike days I guess.
Of course it is quite intimidating for a junior to be "interviewed" by a manager - it may just be a tactic to target those who were wavering anyway.
Perhaps with the return of staff travel as a carrot (or showing them being deleted from the system if not)?