Snas:
Your post tells quite a story.
Personally, I don't think that BASSA wants to go out on strike..they know they don't have the support, they know that BA and their co-workers are even more determined to increase the operational success of the last strike.
I believe this is, more likely than not, part of Mr. Holley's "guerilla tactics" where he tries to damage BA by making threats they have no intention of following through with.
BASSA is quickly becoming a dog with no teeth, lots of barking but no bite.