I totally, 100% agree bullshot. The list of people the BA 'old' guard (pre 2002) have shafted over the years is getting long, and so is the list of people revelling in schadenfreude at the way they are now being brought into the world the rest of the population inhabit. So their moral rule book is being offended - Well; just like the Dan Air, BAregional and GSS rules of honourable engagement were tossed out of the window then!
On your first point, I recall that recently British Gas engineers threatened strike when DC pensions were proposed for new recruits - They had the foresight to see what was coming next, where the BA pilots didn't.