Miss M you said
Are they taken from other departments in BA? Read my reply above. If there's time for them to go through training, their jobs cannot be that important.
This I felt was such an arrogant viewpoint that I was moved to post for the first time in ages.
You seem not to realise that others are working extra shifts in order that the volunteers may be released to cover flights.
You perhaps do not realise just how little support BASSA has outside the touchlines of Bedfont.
As an aside, the Stateside trip I have just done had its share of BASSA-labelled strikers. There was a late aircraft change leading to mini hissy-fits. A total contrast to the pleasant atmosphere during the strikes.