I think too many of you are allowing your anger at Bassa's behaviour to get in the way of some real life realities.
So you get to go to the Caribbean free and? The seat was empty anyway.
Just like bankers get cheap loans, the car industry offers cheap cars, MP's get expenses, there are perks in every walk of life. Maybe 20-30 years ago a trip to the Caribbean was something special, now its relatively normal.
But you are all still missing the point in your haste to beat down the big bad Bassa. The why's and wherefore's of the strike are opinions and nothing more. Bassa believe one thing, it seems the majority here at least believe something else. Dismiss all that for a few seconds and THINK.
You tread a very dangerous path for all, in all airlines by supporting BA in getting away with using a "perk" to in effect, discipline or discriminate against anyone who has taken "legal" industrial action. i.e. done nothing wrong.
And whether you agree or disagree with their industrial action, it is legal and they have done nothing wrong. Don't lose sight of that fact.
It isn't about the strike. The staff travel action goes much further than that.
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Oh, and by the way - the BA action sets no precedent at all for anyone. Let's not have any of this "it's the end of the working class's ability to take industrial action against their oppressors" stuff. It would not be true, and no-one is buying it.
It has nothing to do with the strike, it has nothing to do with contractual or non contractual, it has to do with punishing individuals who have done nothing wrong. Their crime is to have a different opinion to company management. That's why this has the potential at least to set a very dangerous precedent.