WHAT BOLT. Er.. I think you will find it is. Within BA there has never been compulsary redundancies, that is why many have accepted an inferior pay packet in exchange for job security!!!. .Part of the problem in trying to sort out a predicament such as the one at MAN is that there is no precedent and therefore policy is being made on the hoof with the consequencies as already mentioned.
If you can give an example of compulsary at BA in any dept please do and I will publicly stand corrected.