There really are some rissoles on this forum. We (and I mean BA pilots from whatever background) are constantly told how lucky we are, and if we had the temerity to give 8/12/16 years of service to HMQ in exchange for being paid to be taught to fly, we are even luckier.
Well I have news for you wind-up merchants. I, like my contemporaries, have made my own luck. Those of us who have slogged our guts out to achieve high standards care little to see the profession debased and undermined by the petty and small minded. Those who work for free are out of their minds IMO.
You can be sure that BA pilots will defend their terms and conditions against the current crop of "here today, and if I may say so, gone tomorrow" management. It would be quite nice to think that we had the unanimous support of our fellow professionals, but some here seem not capable of grasping the basic issue.