Litebulbs mentioned:
If he shuts down the business and restarts, the crew will still be there.
Just to be clear, shutting down the business and restarting is not an option for many reasons and one is that it isn't broken.
As the leaders of the two sides in this dispute retire to look at their options, one side will look in the locker and see that they have played virtually all their cards but the other still has options.
The BASSA/UNITE
PR offensive, courtesy of Sky News and the BBC, has run out of steam and strike action has and will not ground the airline by any means.
On the other hand, Mr Walsh keeps the Cranebank training program cranked up to maximum negating the effect of further strike action and looks at the other options.
Way down the list of options is posting a new contract with the requirement for the recipient to sign within 90 days or walk away. Before you say that it can't be done, this and former threads have concluded that it can and furthermore under current legislation, if one does not sign, one will be deemed not to have made best efforts to reduce their losses and the subsequent dismissal settlement will be minimal.
BASSA/UNITE have gone nuclear and it went "phut", if Mr Walsh does opt to go nuclear then there really will be tears before bedtime and a flurry of pink petticoats in the BN postcode area.