Jockmctavish - The company does not have a problem with current crewing levels - it's not their demand that 184 crew should be put back on the aircraft. Removal of telephone and language allowances, early report day and freezing meal allowances is all BASSA's fault as they want crew back and the company needs to find these costs somewhere.
We should be glad BA has not met their initial demand - they wanted approximately 800 crew in total to top up the crewing levels.