BA now hold absolutely all the cards and simply have to sit back and wait for BASSA to make the next move. If BASSA does nothing while making pathetic and ineffectual flutters e.g. "Window BlindsGate" then UNITE will slap them down thus doing BA's work for them. If BASSA capitulate and agree to BA's current offer then fine. If BASSA ballots for a further strike then BA's lawyers are poised and ready on all fronts. BA will first caution CC that striking may not be protected. We have already seen 4900 first time strikers diminish to 4200 second time around and further diminish to 3500 rejecting BA's current offer. BA will easily cover the further diminished hardliners who do strike by VCCs and even MF if the strike does not happen until Xmas 2010 assuming their lawyers fail to halt the strike through the courts. DH really needs a friend to take him to one side and suggest he does the honest thing before his megalomania leads him to endager his livelihood further or even his personal safety. Finally BA is clearly in discussions with PCCC to potentially replace BASSA moving forwards.
If there is a card that BA does not hold then I cannot think of it......
Last edited by Phil Rigg; 6th Aug 2010 at 20:53.