Timothy Claypole I agree that the BASSA militants are a problem, however they are a minority group now so they are not the main problem.
The biggest problem we now have is the large number of crew (approximately 4000 - 5000) who did not strike, but yet remain members of BASSA. They are the people that hold the key to unlocking this entire dispute. They have to do one thing: resign from BASSA. A phone call or email to pay services to cancel their subscription. Yet they don't.
They have nothing to gain by staying a member; they are unlikely to get any assistance from BASSA. They should be resigning en masse. But they aren't and therefore they are quite literally funding this entire dispute. They have had several opportunities now to end the dispute either by resigning or by accepting the offer (consultative ballot) yet they have not.
They are the key players in this now, yet they do not realise it. They are perhaps scared; bored; or simply confused by everything so they keep on funding this dispute.
The BASSA militants are but a minor irritant now. The non-striking BASSA members are the key players who need to take action now and resign immediately from BASSA to end this dispute for all our sakes.