Just heard something that has amused me about LGW, the average no-show rate due to crew striking at LGW was approx 3 or 4 crew across each strike weekend and apparently the average crew sickness rate on a normal weekend at LGW is about 10 crew, so in real terms crew attendance levels improved across the strike weekends.
I've heard this one too. It does make sense though. At LGW there are always quite a few crew on airport standby to deal with no-shows (car breaks down, train running late, misread roster, down the pub, etc).
I imagine over the strike days everyone was just a bit more careful than they normally are about getting to work on time to make sure they didn't get counted as a striker!
Net result: a higher turnout than normal as a result of the strike.
I like to think only BASSA could achieve that.