... the thread was referenced to 'pilots'... surely it's the cabin crew on strike and not the pilots... so a totally different job group. I even remember during some other BA cabin crew dispute circa 2009/10 after the banking crisis... BA were asking for volunteers to help out with cabin crew duties - and even some pilots volunteered - I know a mate did... the company was in a bad way at the time and he thought it was better than potentially losing his job... due to redundancies across the board.
Also I was lead to believe not all the cabin crew are striking it's just a 'small' proportion on the new 'inferior' contract... so surely the other BA cabin continuing with flying might also be in just a difficult position.