This is all about damage control now and getting staff travel back for our members
If this is correct, then why didn't Unite just accept the recent offer that included return of staff travel (albeit with reduced seniority)? I can't see why BA will improve this aspect of their offer.
Unite seem to be fighting the wrong battle here. They currently have very limited influence on the process for transferring work to New Fleet. Once in New Fleet, they seem to have very little scope for organising the workforce. If BA wants to play hardball it can just treat New Fleet as a separate bargaining unit can't it? And then make Unite jump through all the hoops to force recognition via the statutory route as opposed to a voluntary recognition agreement. Meanwhile they could do a deal with someone more amenable than Unite to grant them recognition voluntarily in New Fleet, thereby creating a bit of healthy competition to win members, ie more likely to be much more emphasis on member interests and input as opposed to the current top down management style employed by BASSA.