Widebody,
It really is much harder than you think to get recognition as a union that is able to speak for your members. Any union be it Bassa , PCCC or another already established union needs to have a membership of at least 40 % before BA can even talk to them and that is a steep hill to climb especially considering that a lot of BA crew didn't bother to vote this time. Of course it may have been in some cases that they had actually already left Bassa so didn't feel able to use the ballot, we can't be sure that the membership figure of people being sent ballots was correct because we know of many already that were sent ballots even though they had left.
What could come out of this sorry affair is that cabin crew end up with NO one representing them and that would be an absolutely awful situation and basically brought about by one man and woman. Holey and Malone. Thanks, you two, you have really done your union a disservice.
This truly is one great big mess that these people have put us in.