Opinions.
Aren't Opinions great? We can all have quite a lot, and normally they are free!!
I think that things have moved on since the BASSA strike. Firstly, the megalomaniacs who ran BASSA thought they also ran BA. They also thought that everyone owed them a living. That's why so many other Unite Branches voted to work on, cross picket lines, and be trained up to replace the CC, some of whom took a day or two's holiday.
In my opinion, this strike is very different. It is not lead by Unite, but by the staff. Further, when BA spoke during the last strike, I was inclined to believe them rather than BASSA and the Socialist Worker clowns that performed with them. Now, however, the culture in BA is very, very different. They appear to lie whenever it suits them. Lots of evidence over on the BAEC thread on another website. The whole BA customer service ethos has gone from many of their staff- taken from them by daft management. The last letter BA sent me was a lie. I no longer believe what they say to me or to the press unless it has completely independent verification. They know that no-one trusts them - that's why they know they need verification of their own numbers. However, when those "numbers" allegedly relating to income include stuff that you and I would call expenses, we all know it is no more than spin.