One question I have, the dispute now appears to be about the non-contractual staff travel benefit, with various people on the other crew forum complaining that it is a vital benefit to getting to work.
What happens if BA were to offer it back, but make it contractual? Surely if the company were feeling vindictive they would do that, then it wouldnt be worth the paper its written on because of the massive tax implications....
Surely Bassa would be better off looking at the tax implications of this before insisting.