Not quite the case bral. BAR pilots receive a largely unwanted, enforced transfer to London. RJ initially crewed by LGW crews who then are phased out to make way for BACE pilots. Net result, 150 new jobs for BACE pilots, 150 less jobs for BA mainline pilots. Despite what BA say they have no plans to run down the regions, they simply want to slash costs by farming out the flight crew jobs and forcing the cabin crew to take a massive pay cut to BACE terms. Furthermore, why shouldn't BALPA restrict your access to larger aircraft? If BA wants to operate large aircraft in its colours it should employ BA pilots to do it. How would you feel if the BACE management told you that you were too expensive and they were about to eliminate your jobs and replace you with BA cadets on much lower salaries? In that instance I'd suspect you'd want BALPA to put a stop to it. The reason for scope agreements is to protect standards over the whole community, rather than allow cynical managers to constantly farm out work to the lowest bidders.