Mohito, you really are stretching the definition of "selective memory"!
Let us just cast our minds back 20 months (yes, it really is that long ago), when BA offered a pay rise and no New Fleet in return for reductions in onboard complements. At the same time all other departments were being offered increases in productivity for no extra pay, or pay cuts, or a combination of the two.
BASSA harumphed and moaned and refused to even contemplate meeting any of the cost savings targets that were required of them. Since that watershed thay have so totally mismanaged and abused the trust of their membership that they have virtually ensured the demise of the careers of their members. It takes monumental levels of incompetence to get from where they were to where they are.
Now you may not like the NF contract, and I can see why, but if BASSA had a shred of integrity they would have been instrumental in drawing up that contract in order to protect the interests of their current and future members. Instead they have left you all twisting in the wind - both legacy and NF. You have no protection from NF cherry picking the high earning routes (who is going to fly to Haneda and Buenos Aries do you think?), and NF have a highly unstable contract. Lose/lose for all cc in BA.
Finally, "years of exemplary service"? - you are having a laugh?! Cc are THE most militant section of the workforce, with at least 3 threats of industrial action in the time I have been in BA. And let's not even mention hot towels, 2 nights rest after diversion etc
The real world has come knocking with a vengeance, and BASSA opened the door and invited it in.