Originally Posted by
redshift27
It should also be pointed out that ACAS will have suggested that a precondition of talks is that neither party makes any press statements whatsoever whilst talks are ongoing. It is very easy to inflame the situation even by casual statements such as "the other party has not moved their position". Maybe the UK/EU could have learnt from this.
These talks are direct BA/BALPA. ACAS is not involved.