A lack of a scope clause makes this sort of thing very difficult to counter.
To any journos reading this, there is a story here for you. Using the right hand seat of a public transport aircraft as a training lab unnecessarily for profit reasons exposes passengers to unnecessary risk.
For any BALPA members reading this, you own the union and if you feel strongly about this, make it work for you - lobby your company council and the NEC as well. A strongly worded letter to the Log would be a good starting point.