Boing7117, sorry to burst your bubble but the company pay lip service to Balpa, always have and always will. They will do what they have to do to ensure their plans come through.
I have this from a contact so it's gospel.
There will be comp redundancies next week, maybe not 80 but near to that number.
The Balpa 5% pay cut ballot is a waste of time as the management are not interested or need it as job cuts will achieve the 5.5m saving which is what they wanted from the outset, see a pattern here? They get what they want, everything else is just wasting time and building false hopes.
It's not nice but watch as it comes true next week, you read it here first.