This thread is so full of emotion, fanciful notions and talk of legal action with no firm legal basis to pursue such legal action that it would be comical to read were the situation not so dire and worrying for BA employees.
Just to inject some reality into the situation. BA has circa 4,500 pilots. BA has a pilot salary scale with 24 annual increments (old scales) or 34 annual increments (new scales following the increased retirement age). This means in early years the salaries are quite low and in later years quite high. Let's say the AVERAGE average BA pilot salary is £60,000 p.a. although it is probably higher.That makes the pilot only salary bill £22.5m per month.
Currently BA is operating a handful of daily flights and even when restrictions are lifted what do people think the loads will be like and how long will it take to recover to pre-Covid levels of operation?
BA has well over 40,000 staff in total. If you were the management would you say lets keep everybody on the payroll until things improve? Or would you make drastic changes to staff levels to ensure the company survives?
The opportunistic smash and grab of Ts & Cs is beneath contempt but the cold facts are that without a big cull of costs BA will not survive with or without government loans.
I fail to see the relevance of what is happening in Spain - different companies, different airlines, different government and different rules.