Everyone,
thanks for your replies. BALPA are, I now discover, meeting with the airline tomorrow. I presume this is for BALPA to get a handle on the airline's point of view and problems, but any meet is an opportunity to put our point of view.
I would like to re-emphasise the point that if seniority is abandoned by Virgin in its decisions over the future shape of the airline, and BALPA goes along with it, no-one in any UK airline has any security whatsoever.
So if you agree that this is the wrong way to go about negotiations for the future, let BALPA know.
Remember, it could well be your job next.