OK biddedout
BA already absorbed City Flyer once. All of their pilots were taken on at the bottom of the Master Seniority List. Grandfather rights applied. The precedent has been set. Is there some reason why it shouldn't occur again in the same way? After all, why haven't those people already made a challenge?
To be perfectly honest, the numbers involved, and perhaps more importantly, the rather low general experience levels of the current Cityflyer, mean that it probably wouldn't cause too many waves however it occured. Though I suspect a FLYBE style 'percentage' basis may not find favour!
Though as you say, it is in any event, becoming inceasingly hypothetical, and particularly so if the promised RJ85s arrive. It will simply be a 'stand alone' airline.