For the sake of the pilots in both airlines I hope an amicable agreement can be reached wrt any seniority issues although the issue of seniority list merger can be very difficult. Perhaps more to the point will be the scope issues that this will inevitably raise. I am not an expert here but I understand that the BMED employess have their T's and C's protect under TUPE - but bmi mainline pilots have the sole and exclusive rights to perform all flights operated by the bmi GROUP to and from LHR. I suspect that this agreement would not stand up in a court of law and the company will be able to operate the two units side by side but on different terms and conditions. This will allow a very gradual but inevitable slide in the T's and C's of mainline pilots. Expansion will take place within the BMED unit and reduction will take place at mainline. Just a few thoughts. As I say I am not an expert in these areas.