BASSA achieved a negotiated, honourable settlement at the end of a bitter dispute. But and it is a BIG but, they got nothing more than those that did not strike and were not BASSA members, Staff Travel was re-instated slowly, with conditions, and was firmly established as non-contarctual, as was the number of crew on the aircraft. The crew member that was removed and the service changes that were imposed (the reason for the strike) never came back. MF was established, saving the company £millions more than asked for and is a permanent and increasing threat to the long term survival of WW and EF. BASSA's baleful influence has been mortally weakened, sure it is still there but it has been emasculated.
Many settlements are honourable and negotiated, BASSA love their war time analogies so here is an apt one; Japan's
negotiated and
honourable unconditional surrender at the end of WWII. It was still a defeat and BASSA's negotiated and honourable settlement was exactly the same - a defeat. The rest has just been about saving face
Well done BASSA.
So what sage advice do the wonder negotiators of BASSA have to give their comrades in arms at IBERIA? Not a lot if the evidence is examined.