I have no problem with BA choosing to protect pilot jobs, be they ‘efficient’ or otherwise. However, if these pilots haven’t actually started their training yet, courses should really be allocated in seniority according to the currently open supplementary bid, and the remainder then placed in the CRS. The problem then of course is why couldn’t the upper seniority of CRd pilots enter the CRS rather than these most junior? It is a bit of a can of worms which most people find uncomfortable, however the fact of the matter is, it is extra jobs saved, and that is a good thing. (I did read somewhere, that any pilot currently on a course, who does not have the seniority for that course when the bid has been processed, will be removed from said course. So it may yet be their destiny to enter for the CRS).