It appears that they want the work for themselves to the exclusion of others . . .
Bullshot, you couldn't be more wrong. The common seniority list that BALPA/BACC seek would ensure that a pilot could freely move between Open Lies and Mainline BA.
This isn't jobs for the boys, this is to ensure that any pilot who joins any BA enterprise will have the ability to bid for any seat on the network. A pilot who gains employment with Open Lies would be automatically eligible to bid for any base/fleet/seat in big BA. That's what a common seniority list is all about.
Separate airlines with separate seniority lists and competing cost bases WOULD have pilots at each others throats, and that is the cat fight that Willy seeks to start.
We're not trying to screw up UK aviation, we're seeking to defend the very basis of our lifestyles, terms, conditions, and rostering.
I'll take on the opposition anyday, it's my management I can't beat