I voted against strike action because I did not believe it would achieve anything, in the present climate it wasn't appropriate, it would lack public support and it would play directly into Walsh's hands. For those of us directly involved, Walsh & Francis appeared to do everything they could to antagonise crew and force a strike. BASSA, stupidly, played their game.
I went into work. Unfortunately I found the atmosphere stiffled. It wasn't a happy occasion, some passengers were grateful, some didn't have a clue a strike was taking place until they questioned the poor product and lack of standards. And two of the trips I operated had barely a handful of passengers either way. I sat in the Bahamas and watched two empty aircraft arrive and leave with no passengers or cabin crew. The rotating flight deck crew were just as baffled.