Ladies please.
Many points to answer but I am short of time.
However can I just set the record straight about "scope", a word plucked out of the air by the likes of HORKA who I very much doubt has the forst clue of it's meaning and is obviously rabid with anti-BA vitriol.
Scope does not, and never has, applied to Franchise airlines. If it did then BMed would not be operating A321's out of LHR in BA colours. It does not stop GB expanding in BA colours, although many think it should.
Scope is an agreement between BALPA and BA that for BA and all subsidiaries any aircraft with over 100 seats will be flown by BA mainline pilots.
GSS is a different agreement again.
The only exception to this are the RJ's (named by registration in the agreement), in exchange for some secondee positions in the regions.
So when we use the word scope for a little dig, can we get our facts right first please?