OpenSkies should be a stand alone airline without the baggage (pardon the pun) of BA mainline working practices and management.
BALPA have never said it shouldn't be all we are asking is a common seniority list that is all. Working practices will be standalone, management will be of the usual high calibre BA standard.
I do not know the full history of the Qantas /Jetstar scenario and I have not heard of any threatening noises from Qantas pilots. If I am wrong about this please enlighten me.
In those sentences you have neatly illustrated why you have no idea what our problem is all about. Please read all you can about it and then come back and argue the management's case for them.