Yet AGAIN, your information is inaccurate. The BA cadets are under contract with BACE, on BACE pay packages and are not bound to the mainline (yet).
No, you didn't say that it wasn't a great deal in the grand sceme of things. It was a rhetorical question. You were implying that the whole industry is in a terrible state, and I am arguing that it is not: "Face it guys. Only this week BACE has announced dozens and dozens of pilot jobs to be axed." My point was it's hardly dozens and dozens and they are hardly being axed.
My only point in persuing this argument is that your rhetoric has pearls of wisdom scattered throughout. Unfortunately, you can not resist the odd chunk of absolute codswallop just to fill the pages.
Cheers
