I really thought that this dispute was just going to finally wither away. However, the sheer intransigence (whether semi-covertly by BASSA, or openly by Amicus) being demonstrated and advocated to members, is pointing increasingly to a bloody showdown.
To the informed observer, it is clear that for too many years, BA's Management created a parallel universe in IFCE, where the normal rules of industrial engagement and organisational effectiveness have been abandoned in favour of some apparent desire to be seen to be nice to employees and particularly the Unions. A generation of employees now believe that to be the norm, and can't comprehend that BA is now determined (neccesarily) to revert to the universe that most of us inhabit. Perhaps the Reps, having been closest to the previous management approach, are the greatest confirmed believers in the reality of the parallel universe - up until this dispute, their entire experience is of the old style regime. They therefore find the greatest difficulty in coming to terms with the "normal" universe.
Unfortunately, all the signs are that the Branch Committees and a goodly prportion of the membership simply can't come to terms with the new reality, and there can therefore only be one outcome.