The strike ballot
One of the reasons it is very difficult to get any BASSA supporter to actually identify the reason they are on strike is, in my opinion, the wording of the ballot.
In essence BASSA stoked up a storm over an increasingly complex series of offers from BA that were all, essentially, reasonable and fair. The fog of confusion meant that most CC had no idea what was actually being proposed, especially if they chose not to read their ESS mail.
So when the ballot arrived and asked the simple question "Are you prepared to take industrial action. Yes/No", it was a rare shaft of clarity. They were then able to "cut and paste" their personal grievance onto the ballot (why do the pilots get to check into hotels ahead of me/that Captain's wife was a bit snooty/my manager needs a lesson/ New Fleet etc). As a result, whilst nominally this is about imposition, the reality is that many people have cherry-picked personal grievances, and used them to justify their action. After all, it's only to "send WW a message".
Add to them the "hobby jobbers", who have an alternative income stream. They have been told by BASSA for years that they are hard done by, and that this is the final straw. Many have been itching for years to give BA a bloody nose, because, frankly, their "loyalty" extends as far as their self interest, and their personal circumstances enable them to withstand financial consequences that their less affluent colleagues cannot.
To this extent BASSA resembles a "cult" with a "groupthink" mindset that brooks no opposition ("burn the heretics!" etc!). For years they have relied on their union for ALL their operational information, barely acknowledging that it is in fact BA who pays them. When the time came to think outside the box, they failed. One has only to listen to those 2 CSDs on 5live yesterday, utterly convinced of their own arguments, and stunned into incoherence when someone who actually knew what he was talking about (an employment lawyer) gave them "the news in English". Priceless!
Finally you have the genuine strikers. They have looked at the issues, made a principled decision, and acted according to their beliefs - people like HAHAetc. All credit to you for posting your views on here, and also for acting according to your conscience. Whilst you may be in a tiny minority at LGW, you none the less have the absolute right to withdraw your labour.
However,
If we accept that BASSA have got you into the situation you are now in (vis a vis LHR transfers), why do you think that they are the people to get you out of it?
And secondly, how has striking actually advanced your cause?
The end of this saga is inevitable. Any company that can carry out 110% of its planned operations (and 65% of it's normal operations) during an "all out" strike by an "essential" component of its' workforce doesn't really have much to worry about.
It is only a matter of time.