Having read this thread with interest after a few days away MissM can I suggest that despite several contrary opinions you still insist the remove of ST is a punishment not a consequence.
Your unwillingness to accept a contrary view is symptomatic of the position of your union i.e. we are right every body else is wrong.
Whilst I am not knowlegdeable enough on the finer points of the negotiations I would suggest there are those on the management side who think the same way.
I have said it before and, at the risk of repeating myself, what needs to happen is both sides to open their eyes to the reality of the situation, if you dont sort it out and sort it out soon there may well be no airline and no jobs to argue over.
The rest of us have had to compromise to keep our jobs, maybe it's time you thought the same way. But who am I other than a simple freight dog and a regular flyer who has voted with his feet and flying on other carriers now.