keel beam - In response to your post on the CC thread regarding BASSA & Unite's latest strike issue over BA employing MF CC on lower pay/Ts&Cs thus showing they still believe that they are running the airline, with the news (at last!) of the strike ballot it is now clearer than ever that BA simply has no choice whatsoever but to hold its ground until BASSA is defeated.
If BA were to settle with BASSA's leadership (and most militant members) still intact then a monumental victory would be claimed by BASSA and they would simply keep kicking-up again and again at the slightest opportunity.
Although my instincts agree with LD12986 that BA would not want to lose the moral high ground by sacking strikers, the extreme nature of BASSA's position may well require BA to take this action in finally crushing this power crazed entity.