This whole Open Skies sounds exactly like what Air Canada tried to do by buying Skyservice Airlines, a charter carrier. ACPA put a stop to that pretty quickly and BALPA had better do the same.
Many of AC's domestic routes are now served by AC Jazz, where they used to be flown by AC mainline.
Set the Parking Brakes boys, and don't release them until Open Skies is history.
to BALPA for their hard-line.