"This airline has conducted a year-long assault on cabin crew collectively and on many of them as individuals.  We will not stand by while this airline bullies our members out of their jobs, and if it takes strike action to bring BA management to its senses, then that is the road we must, regretfully, travel. Our door is open to negotiations with BA, but it must understand the depth of feeling among our members. Nothing short of the fairness and decent treatment they deserve will be acceptable." 

Tony Woodley outlined the specific issues that BA should address to solve the dispute; an immediate restoration of staff travel concessions in full to the crew from whom they were taken by BA, binding arbitration through ACAS of all cabin crew disciplinary cases related to the dispute, restoration of the wages docked from crew who were genuinely off sick during strike dates and full and proper discussion of the trade union facilities agreement at the company with the immediate removal of all threats and sanctions made by BA in relation to this. Unite expects to serve notice of an industrial action ballot to the airline shortly. The ballot should be concluded in early January.