Message to BASSA:
"Not all of the areas were clearly worded and subject to interpretation and therefore further clarity has been sought. When we have received that clarity and when the outstanding items are resolved, we shall publish the entire document for your review" (BASSAs opinion on yesterdays settlement proposal.)
Might one be so bold as to suggest that -THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS B****Y WELL REQUIRED WITH PREVIOUS OFFERS FROM BA!
All you had to do (MONTHS AGO) with the Fixed Monthly Payment, New Fleet work transfer, and the Disruption Agreement etc. was to go through each document carefully, making sure the wording was clear and unambiguous, perhaps doing a bit of CALM negociation of your own over some of the detail and JOB DONE: an inevitably better package than we'll end up with now, no loss of staff travel, no suspensions/dismissals, no lost millions of pounds of OUR revenue, no loss of goodwill from OUR customers, no loss of repect for unionisation (and thus no loss of influence), no bitter divisions between colleagues, no ridicule from other staff, the public and the media, and no loss of membership (in fact you may even have INCREASED membership.
Many of us urged you, BASSA/Unite, to do this, we virtually begged you to do it. But you had to make it a personal mission to oust WW and to protect your own future membership levels from the threat of a more poorly paid future workforce. You showed scant regard for what was best for your membership by this stance, and compounded it by spinning, misinforming and misleading your members to stir up support for your own mission, knowing that you could get away with it because you have historically such a loyal membership.
Well, it looks like that strategy has backfired on you spectacularly. Unfortunately it's also harmed us, the crew you claim to represent.
I hope that a lot more people see now what has been going on for the last 16 months and vote with their feet.