Monty
You are possibly correct in that it could end up being a divisive thorn in BALPA's side in BA.
However, what you seem to ignore is that the BA Executive Team would never have reopened the FSS just for pilots, as if that had even being intimated, every other staff group would have been back to the table. That is what happens in BA - every staff group is examining every detail of what happens to every other group. The Executive had taken a corporate decision to close the FSS to new joiners and they would have seen the company go under before they would have reopened it to anyone. For that reason the BACC, after consultation with BALPA members, took the pragmatic view that we must endeavour to get the best possible (industry leading) DC pension scheme for new joiners. At present we have a way to go on that objective, even though the new pilots are getting a higher company contribution rate than most.