Openskies will be used as a stick with which to beat mainline pilots. That is unavoidable. However, we can reduce the damage if we can get them on a joint seniority list. I really do not wish to damage our brand through the use of industrial action. This is why I agreed to losing 30% of my pension, rather than strike, just a few months ago. However, to allow Openskies to be totally separate from the BA pilot body would be suicide to a mainline pilot.
Any future dispute between mainline pilots and BA management would result in the management response, "No problem, we'll get openskies to do the work for us instead."
No one wants to strike. You would have to be mad to want to. But BA are leaving us with no choice. This is why I have voted "yes".