Something that is unclear to me is why cabin crew could not resign from BASSA, but then join another branch of Unite. I can understand the problems with joining a seperate union like GMB as BA do not recognise them within the bargaining group, but surely the folk who are hacked off with BASSA could either join CC89 or indeed the LHR branch that the rest of the BA workforce are members of. Unite would still be recognised so it wouldn't alter anything there and the probability is that there would be a better set of reps to deal with and a more reasonable executive. .