dlcmdrx - Before you start levelling accusations at IAG and its management regarding their motives, you might like to take notice of the fact that both IAG and BA have instigated legal action against SEPLA, the latter party taking legal action over claims SEPLA made about BA growing at the expense of Iberia.
IAG - International Airlines Group - News Release=
IAG and British Airways have lodged a claim in the UK High Court against SEPLA, the Iberia pilots' union, and the International Federation of Airline Pilots Association in relation to the strikes that SEPLA undertook against the creation of Iberia's subsidiary Iberia Express in late 2011 and early 2012. This claim is not related to the recently announced restructuring of Iberia.
The claim is made under European law which provides that airline groups should be free to establish air services across Europe. IAG is seeking a declaration that its EU rights were infringed and British Airways is seeking damages because the strikes affected its business, causing it to incur financial loss.
British Airways is also seeking redress for the reputational damage it suffered because of false accusations made by SEPLA that British Airways misappropriated Iberia funds and that the strikes were intended to prevent the transfer of Iberia's business to British Airways.
Oh, and it seems that IAG has managed to persuade the BBC produce this one hour work of fiction as part of a vast conspiracy against Spain and Iberia:
BBC Two - This World, The Great Spanish Crash