Regarding Duncan's '
100% true, not gossip' statement:
the pilots have told Walsh they will "withdraw all co-operation" (ie assist in any further strike breaking) if BA fully reinstates our staff travel.
- BALPA has remained neutral in this dispute (like BASSA did during OpenSkies issues) and left the decision to volunteer to the individual. A senior BALPA rep who did volunteer stood down and will not be re-instated as a Rep just to demonstrate that there is neutrality. I understand that other Unite branches followed a similar route.
- It is in BALPA's interest for CC to have ST re-instated. Reason: if BALPA ever call future strike action and a CEO were to remove ST then we would obviously want it back for the same reasons as CC do now - derrrrr!
- BALPA's BA Chairman has publicly stated that Duncan's comments are untrue. If the BACC Chairman was lying, he would be extremely foolish as he if he were ever found out he would face de-selection or possibly legal action. He's not the foolish type and does not have a track record of mis-statements. Others might tell you that the sky was green and the grass blue if it thought it would further their personal crusade.
So what Duncan probably meant to say was
'100% gossip, not true'.
Duncan needs to wake-up and realise that just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't make them your enemy. Or maybe he lost sight of reality along time ago when things stopped going his way.
It's free choice to listen to every viewpoint but it's an active decision to choose what you believe.