Remind me again why ALL other departments within BA had to come up with cost savings? Why BA went through a long, drawn out process of re-negotiating all supply contracts, why BA re-negotiated fuel contracts, hotel suppliers, navigation fees, re-routed flights to avoid specific, high charging navigation sectors etc. etc. etc. Please explain why, after all those savings had been successfully negotiated, calculated and added into the business plan BASSA still feels that they were the only ones under the thumb?
All part of the simplistic master plan to make everyone within the company feel threatened and uneasy. Why would you believe your company was in a 'fight for survival' if your section wasn't cost cutting? Why would you volunteer to be cabin crew if you hadn't suffered a little? Why would you be asked to give up a months salary if your company wasn't nearly insolvent?
The failed master plan was to rid BA of BASSA for good - only 6000 intelligent problems were standing in his way. The master was so incandescent with rage when BASSA agreed to his financial demands that he ripped up the already directorate signed agreement and increased the figure - just to goad BASSA into strike action, as he believed there was so much more punch in his henchmen than in his subjects and the strike would die within a month maximum.
The cabin crew only wanted one wish granted - a contractual guarantee going forward, that they would be protected from the new fleet and have some sort of earnings guarantee, which they now have.
Such a simple attack strategy, straight out of 1990's USA. If only it had worked Wirby, your over inflated salary/pension would be that much safer.