I'm just curious, and this is a genuine question relevant to this debate...........how many of the BASSA reps involved in the negotiations during the demise of the region bases, were from those bases? I would be happy to be proved wrong in my suspicion that the answer is not many, or none.
Answer? Anyone?
If I am correct, then can we not draw parallels with what happened at Gatwick? Can we not therefore draw conclusions about why so much trouble has been caused over the imposition of a reduction in crew at Heathrow, which resulted in a large number of BASSA reps (ie. CSD's) having to work in the cabin.
Maybe Duncan Holly might like to put the record straight here on PPRuNe