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But wouldn't Ryanair also shaft the passengers. Besides, if that arrogant prick Walsh wanted the dispute to end it would but the fact is he doesn't. It's in his hands.

Are there any unions that you do not believe are tinpot then?

Fair comment. I think the difference is your employers have consulted. If they tried to impose detrimental changes you would be able to leave and claim constructive dismissal although in the current economic state that is a huge gamble.

Just out of interest, do you beleive workers never have the right to withhold their labour under any circumstances? How are they unique? Aren't BA breaching contracts by just imposing changes themselves. It works both ways.

Do you honestly believe this is the correct decision by the court. A strike is invalid because members who did vote weren't told of 11 spoilt papers. I suppose you will merely say that is the letter of the law because your political views prevent you from looking at something objectively.

I agree that all the returning officers that I saw announced the number of spoilt papers. However, I would refer to my earlier post where the polling station ran out of ballot papers. As far as I am aware, it didn't affect the result for that consituency but should the election be declared...

Exactly. And what if there had been a legal challenge to the result based on the fact that a couple of hundred voters didnt' get the chance to vote in a constituency where there was a majority of several thousand. Would anyone, whether you are Blue, Red or Yellow, expect a court to nullify the...

I thought it was the staff on pre 1997 contracts that had the better conditions, not all staff so it's not necessarily fair to keep comparing them to all the other airlines. As far as I heard today, an agreement to the dispute was virtually agreed but the only stumbling block now was the...