And this is how I always interpreted D&K:
It is what KLM decided. KLM wanted to quit with the hubs. KLM wants you flying ex AMS to avoid people loosing their job and says to VNV don't worry it is only temporary. VNV says OK, show me the plan on paper with numbers (blue eyes won't do.). Plan accepted and expained in D&K.
What I would do with BALPA:
-Summarize your current situation. What contract, with who, what country is your company located (NL/UK) etc... This should help understanding your legal rights which are obviously rock bottom in any negotiation.
-Make a time line of all events that happened. For you ofcourse very obvious, but not for the rest of the world. A.o. Buzz becoming Ryanair, should make people see the misfortune that happened to you.
-Have a chat with VNV.
[Tricky, even very tricky, and only to be done well prepared:]
-Go to your current employer and explain you want to change contract. Current employer will certainly ask what's in it for me??? Good to think about that one in advance. Once your current employer says, OK lets go for new (mainline) contract, VNV arrives again on the horizon.
Regarding your example with Air France: This is definately not the way it should have been, rather embarrassing, and I hope this unjustice will be undone. I fully agree we should be united. The current setup sucks...