HF14
1. To coin a much-loved PPRuNe phrase: Has WW "blinked"?
He withdrew this offer the day strike action was announced and prevented Unite allowing the members to ballot on it. Why has he now changed his mind? If members are now to ballot on it, what purpose has delaying that ballot for 2 weeks served? Could he have called off the strikes, perhaps through a court injunction, while the ballot was conducted?
2. He sat on the BBC Breakfast sofa and categorically stated that this offer was "gone". It is now back, with no real explanation - why?
HF. I think the chronology was
1. WW puts offer on table with extension on basis of no strikes
2. 1 hour later BASSA/Mclunky call strikes
3. At 11th hour on day before strike, WW puts another (poorer) offer on table
4. strikes happen
5. WW says offer in 3, above will form the basis of any resolution.
ie not the original offer, but the poorer second offer reflecting the costs to BA of the lost business subsequent to the strike announcement.