Sky report today that BA expect a strike of this duration at this time to cost them GBP140 million.
Now we know that the number of actual strikers is less than 5,000 or so.
That works out at 28,000 a head.
So fire all the strikers and let them go to an industrial tribunal. Most of them would be lucky to get that and you wouldn't have to reemploy them.
It would be illegal so you'd get fined as well. Big Deal.
But it must be reaching the point where it has to be economically viable to clear out this dross and take the short term pain for the long term gain.
Not to mention halving BASSA's income.
Win Win all round as far as I can see, I can't even see UNITE risking the jobs of its other members trying to get involved now that it has virtually no political power with its poodle gone.
And who in safe employment now is going to risk losing their jobs defending these witless and overpaid prima donnas?
Of more concern is the other tipping point, which is that at which Sheikh Khalifa decides to dip into his Abbey National Young Savers account, buy BA for cash at a discount and merge it with his beloved Etihad Airways.
And we aren't talking Manchester City millions to spend here. We are talking a hard nosed bunch of businessmen who simply won't take this
.
Not to mention how he would view the pension funds.
And don't expect too much intervention now we have the Tories running the country again.