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The British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA) is a branch of the British trade union Unite.BASSA was originally formed exclusively for British Airways (BA) cabin crew.BASSA now has other branches representing cabin crew at other airlines. Branch 1/1117 is for Thomson Airways cabin crew.Originally part of the Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&GWU) BASSA is now part of Unite. Membership is falling from a high point of over 11000 in 2009.