I agree with your points blue, it's simply that in my experience the partner on the inferior terms invariably grabs at any opportunity for advancement. Whilst we'd all love harmonious cooperation, the brutal reality is that the BACC will have to defend their Scope agreement and the OSCC are going to have a tough time justifying any alliance with them to their own members, many of whom will have no allegiance to BA pilots or the UK in general. BALPA will be stuck with a conflict of interest and we're going to have the BACX scenario all over again.