Rise up BASSA people!
Ottergirl, you have hit the nail on the head. This is the key and many people don't realise that they have a pivotal part to play in all of this.
At the PCCC we are getting emails from people who are still members of Unite, despite not supporting them! They are asking about what services we can provide, particularly legal advice. However they continue to pay their £15 per month to BASSA, who will undoubtedly NOT support them if they are non-strikers. DH has said as much. The PCCC costs nothing yet they continue to pay £15 to an organisation which provides nothing!
It is time for cabin crew themselves to stop blaming everyone else and start realising that they hold the key. The only way to stop this dispute is for cabin crew, each and every one, to leave BASSA. They have to stop funding this monster. They have to stop feeding it. And the only way is to cut off it's money supply.
Until they do, this dispute will drag on and on. And as DH says, balloting is now their main form of attack. The only defence against that is getting this Union derecognised, due to holding a minority of the workforce.
Come on cabin crew. We all have to stand up and be counted now. Leave BASSA if you want to end this dispute.