Where is this 'ban' chaps? I am a paid up member of BALPA and have not received notification of any ban. I cannot find reference to any ban on the BALPA website.
So, if there is a ban, perhaps BALPA should notify its members - until it does pilots can feel free (if they want to) to apply to any Airline that they desire.
BTW - a wagging finger on Pprune does not constitute a ban - just, it would appear to me, an attempt at intimidation.
When a BALPA ban appears, I will certainly not be contravening it - unlike many BA Pilots in OZ in 1989! - but of course most of you Chaps were still at school then...
Cheers
BS