essessdeedee:
Out of interest, are you pre or post 97? the reason that I ask is, didn't bassa say then that everyone would end up on the new contract? Has BA ever tried to do this in the last 13 years?
As you suggest there was a lot misleading information coming from BASSA during the '97 dispute. Along with what you suggest, I also remember being told that we would never get promotion as it will always be cheaper to promote 'new contract' crew. Obviously, we now know that none of these things came true.
However, Sam Beckett's concerns are shared by a good many crew like myself who decided to come to work. And in the end the decision really did just come down to trust. For me and many that came into work we obviously trusted the company more, and as your post proves, historically it seems the union is the one to doubt?