There is an interesting insight into the mindset of BASSA supporters on the other thread.
BA's offer says:
There are firm commitments on your pay, your individual contracts, your lifestyle choices and your future career opportunities.
Your pay won’t be cut
Your contract won’t change
You won’t be forced to move fleets
You won’t lose all the best routes to a new fleet
(my bold)
But pro-IA Reargunner interprets this as:
As far as I can see, accepting this deal means I will keep my existing T&C until New Fleet is fully operational then I will lose all of it. I will be told there is no work for my existing job and put into Careerlink.
The redeployment agreement I will have just accepted gives me 3 months on full basic to find a new vacancy. Then 3 further months on 75% of that basic and then a further 3 months on 50% etc. So, if New Fleet is still growing and recruiting I can apply for a job there or leave.
If I strike, and it is not supported by a lot of cabin crew, then in June the company can terminate all cabin crew contracts and offer new ones with 90 days notice.
As far as I can see, there is very little between the two threats to my livelihood
Given that mindset, it is clear that whatever BA offer, it will not be considered believable, and therefore unacceptable. Reargunner appears to consider that the virtual certainty that his/her contract will be terminated in June is equally as likely as BA going back on their word, so he/she has little to lose by continuing IA
