They would have no doubt agreed to the DA uring this snow disruption if BA had approached them. They never did. Instead, we are faced with another imposition.
Not as I remeber when it happened in JAN/Feb they didn't. The delightful LM 'apparently' used some colourful language in her polite refusal.
Our current CEO declined to release all but a handful of reps to attend, he also insisted that if they were to attend they should be unpaid, not only their flying pay but their basic salary must also be deducted. Hardly the actions of a man seeking a solution.
The current discussions are between the Management and the heirarchy of Unite, not Bassa, who have, as already pointed out, posted on youtube for the world to see their non negotiation stance.
The role of a rep is voluntary. So why should the reps be de-rostered for someone else to have to do their work? Why should they be 'paid' by the company they wanted to see go bust before they agreed to the malicious attacks on their Unions conditions? If they feel that strongly they have to attend then surely a days pay lost from BA would be adequately offset by the Unions pay anyway?