I would venture to suggest that as a direct result of BASSA's skilled
PR over this dispute (all the stuff in the Sun, etc.), that public support for a govt bail-out might not be entirely sympathetic, and therefore more politically unacceptable than a bank bail-out. I can just see the headlines "Taxpayers suffer so Trolley Dollies can continue to swan it up in Rio" etc, etc. Yet another example of how other BA employees may be directly adversely impacted in the future by Bassa's conduct now !