As a point of information I don't believe the company has to be in severe difficulty to use SOSR as a means of changing everyones contracts. They merely have to demonstrate they have used all reasonable means to effect change, something BA would have no problem convincing a court of given the length of the dispute. I suspect that if BA have to use SOSR then they will change everybodys contract to the offer Bill Francis has made. Those who have accepted have nothing to lose, those who have declined are no worse off than those who accepted bar the loss of any bonuses.