Unite have been talking more about a work to rule or 'guerilla action'. Not to sure what is meant by the latter term, but it sounds like the branch executive playing fast and loose with the member's interests to me. If the union call a strike but all turn up for work, what does that do for them ? Apart from make them all look like a bunch of charlies. If there is a code word that will be passed around the union membership that signifies 'turn up for work' , what happens when the line of communication breaks down and some members don't get it and fail to report for work ?
Work to rule or 'guerilla action'? If they call a strike, could they make their members turn up, but then let them "change their minds" after they have checked in for work? It would initially cause havoc, but then again, as such tactics will be revealed to "No" voters, they would find their way through friends and colleagues to BA management. No big surprise then.
I don't think it would be legal to deploy "Chaos" Alaskan style strikes in the UK. Also, handing out flyers to pax about "evil management and hard working conditions" would not create a big stir nowadays. Budget airlines and global recession have changed the perspective of the average pax.