"no one holding a BA Main Line contract will be made redundant without first being offered a job elsewhere in the company! "
Now it is possible to be mistaken about assumptions made here. This is why Willie had to find a buyer for BACON. If he had just closed it down, then as a subsiduary, the workforce at BACON would have been entitled to the same protection. In law, you cannot make someone redundant in one part of a company whilst recruiting in another including a subsiduary. This is the reason why the cadets which were not required by BA mainline post 9/11 were slotted into Citiexpress and remained there for nearly 2 years.
Also be aware that a job elsewhere in the company is not necessarily as a pilot, it could be check in, baggage handling....etc
Someone else sai " you guys need to wake up and smell the coffee"!
The aviation world has changed and Willie is here for one reason only. He has the will and the intricate knowledge of employment law to do a Thatcher.
wait and see