Well, after BAConnect, oops, BACitflyer Express, oops, BACitiExpress, oops, CityflyerExpress Ltd....are quietly absorbed into mainline in 18 months(ish) time, still on their sh1te Ts and Cs, you will then inevitably see the spread of those Ts and Cs to the the Gatwick base, and also to the London City base.
Meanwhile, OS will have formed, and will be taking business more profitably away from selected mainline routes. This will be a trend which will increase over the next few years.
Inevitably my dear playground bully, the times they are indeed a changin', they've crept up on you and you didn't notice until it was too late. Oh, I'm sure the compromise will be dressed up as a BALPA win, but let's face it - you've had erosion of those Ts and Cs in real terms for quite a while now, and with the cost of oil and inflation generally, not to mention the LIBOR effect being passed on to industry borrowings and leverage - (a particular problem for BA) - the good times are well and truly over.
But I don't hold grudges, you - (or Hand Solo) - can be my co-pilot (PNF) any time!
If you're grown up enough to fly long haul, we could even be a heavy crew - I'll get the first round just to show there's no hard feelings!
And no, I'm not proud to worker harder than you for less than you, but I need the job, my family need the income, and if it means taking your job - I suppose you'll find yourself in an inevitably shrinking quad (playground to you old lad).
Do I care? Is the Pope a Protestant?