DH has a responsibility to represent as Secretary of BASSA, over 10,000 BA cabin crew.
He also had a legal, contractual obligation to his employer above and beyond the voluntary obligation to the Union. Also he had a moral obligation to his peers who had to continually stand in for his rostered 'no-shows'.
Now he is in an elevated position within BASSA, prolonged by a vote not to re-elect the board until the dispute is concluded, with no vested interest in concluding the action. Rather frightening really.