UNITE must hope that it wins the right to appeal and does so successfully. Otherwise they may expect, besides BA, a large number of disgruntled SLF to claim damages (including consequential) for losses caused by BA flights cancelled or postponed due to unprotected IA authorised by UNITE. Moreover, individual SLF often have a tendency to exact revenge through the small claims court with a tenacity and vigour which would do credit to any union or management bully.
Have been watching this forum, but have been angered by BASSA and the utter chaos and disruption they have caused to BA, it's customers and fellow employees.
It is not only the paying customers and BA that have lost money, consider all the staff that should have been woking but couldn't - they have lost money too. I for one will quite happily go to the Small Claims Court against BASSA for loss of earnings.
Making a Claim