A bit of balance..............
I would like to restore a little bit of balance here.
Whilst DH is behaving just like the Popes during the counter-reformation, and the believers are doing what they are told, as they did back then, there is a fact that thousands of staff voted to strike, and thousands of staff will go on strike. (Two thirds of those that voted to strike will strike).
This remains a very serious management issue.
The "pope" cannot "lead" without followers. There are thousands of followers, and thousands of strikers. It's not just DH and a bunch of cardinals, it is thousands of people.
What the hell are the BA managers doing? In any other industry, the managers would be out there talking to the staff and finding and fixing the problems.
The longer this goes on the worse the line managers appear to be.