All in all a catastrophic
PR disaster and a one that will probably remain the most damaging industrial dispute ever in corporate UK plc.
Good to see you are keeping to your definition of the 'healing process'.
Where on earth do you get the above? The public were against your strike, Bedfont was full of militant teachers and the rent-a-crowd from Socialist worker. The only positives the action got came from the socialist worker rag.
Promises were made to the BASSA membership that were never filled, i.e. We'll get your ST back in 5 minutes.
The implementation of cost savings was made due to BASSA falling back on it's pervious dispute winning tactics of screaming 'no, no, no out on strike'. Willie Walsh warned you that he would not accept IA and he didn't. BASSA then proceeded and still attempts to villify everyone and anyone who disagrees with their account of the dispute.
All of the inmposed changes remain in force. WW and EF have their current positions protected but with no advancement, threats of compulsory redundancies and no future recruitment on the current terms and condition. Whilst all the time MF grows in both numbers and experience and equals if not surpases the level of service given by WW on many routes.
Aircraft weren't parked up around the world neither were empty aircraft being flown. Wet leases were taken up to cover the potential loss of SH as those VCC's (certainly NOT 2/3 of the pilot community, more BASSA spin) were moved to LH. Those wet leases were terminated early when it became apparent that thousands of BASSA members stood up to the threatening, bullying behaviour coming from Bedfont and were prepared to run the risk of the childish BASSA lists to work.
My flights included office staff, checkin staff, engineers, loaders, baggage handlers and managers all working as VCC as all could see that the old guard BASSA stance of wanting the same old Union bruvva hood that existed in a 1970's nationalised company just wouldn't work in the current environment.
Everyone in BA has moved on and accepted that change is inevitable. BASSA needed time on the naughty step like the petulant child the organisation really is.
Not that it's any of your business - stick to your association.
Hmmm, touch a nerve there?
