Wobble-head,
<<They allowed EOG, Atlas Cargo, >>
Who exactly is 'they'?
In the first case, BA wanted to set up a totally separate company without any access to/from BA Mainline. IMO, if this had occurred, then EOG would have been vying with CFE to see who would have had the worst T&Cs in the UK! However, Balpa - in this case 'they' are the BA section - argued successfully that it should be a part of BA proper. Were 'they' wrong? Should 'they' have agreed with BA that EOG should have become a separate company? Would ex Dan pilots have preferred that?
It has taken this BA section of Balpa some time to improve the T&Cs at EOG, including the introduction of FHR (a pay rise of about £7k for Captains which, btw, is what CFE captains will get if they approve the proposals to join the BA Master Seniority List) and there is still more to do.
In the case of Atlas, what do you propose?