I wonder if I might correct you._ Actually the number is 1557._ The extra 1003 were cabin crew who took early retirement (the package was called voluntary redundancy).
My post
is correct.
ballot 14/12/2009 = 12780 members
ballot 21/1/2011 = 10220 members
People may have left for different reasons, I'm sure there's illness, death and a whole host of other reasons for the lower number, including a large amount from redundancy.
But that was not the point made in the post. My point is that there are 2560 fewer cabin crew in BASSA, which means their ability to affect the rest of the company is diminishing... fast
It is of course also heartening to see the support for industrial action within the union drop from 74% in 2009 to 56.3% of union members in 2011, whilst at the same time the No vote has more than doubled, and the amount of apathy from non voters continues also to rise.
From a passengers point of view this is now a non event. From a passengers point of view this industrial action is now irrelevant. Game over BASSA.