This is not a good situation at all for BALPA, I am not a fan of Jim MacAuslan either, his support when we needed it at KLCuk was poor at the best, in fact he considered us a high cost centre and suggested that we should be "moved" to the VNV, at that time the VNV were very much the enemy and part of our fight with KLM mainline, he seemed to be running BALPA more as a business than a union. As for his huge gaff over BA38 thats another subject.
A way foward here is that BALPA has already been recognised by Openskies. Once Openeskies is up and running perhaps the BA CC and Openskies CC can work together to ensure a mutually secure future for all. I really hope that the lessons of the past re- BACON etc can be learned and that by working TOGETHER the two company councils can make sure one is not used against the other by BA management.