The company seems to be hardening it's position. The final olive branch was the offer of partial reinstatement of staff travel. Unite continues to put unachievable pre-conditions in the way of a settlement. BA is now bracing itself for another damaging strike and will do all it can to operate as near to a full schedule as possible. Those that are foolish enough to follow the Unite mandate could well find themselves at home or at Bedfont while the company carries on it's business without them. Potential strikers could be without pay for a considerable time. The sad thing about all of this is that many will look back and wonder why this dispute had to happen. Even a modest negotiator would have wrapped up a deal for cabin crew by now, which doesn't say much for the BASSA/Unite leadership. The silent majority needs to step up and bring this to an end it's time for the irresponsible within BASSA/Unite to resign while there is something left to negotiate.