Many people I have spoken to can not for the life of them understand why the CC reccommended the offer
Speaking to the reps in the crew room it would appear the company demanded that the phrase "we strongly recommend the acceptance of this offer" was included in the deal otherwise they wouldn't offer it.
Although they also said that when the offer gets rejected (am I jumping the gun saying that?!) BALPA will have more bargaining power because they can tell Flybe/ACAS or whoever, we've strongly recommended this offer to our members and they've still declined so it puts more pressure on the company to pull out something better. Whether or not that will hold any weight remains too be seen...