''Sounds like a repeat of loss of N registerd jobs.''
The jobs are for those who have the right to live and work in Europe. The jobs were lost to the N reg about eight years ago when the UK Government decided that after some pressure from a UK union, the flagging out of BA World Cargo to a US ACMI operator had to stop and Atlas handed over the the UK AOC holder, GSS. It's 49% owned by Atlas, and the aircraft are leased from Atlas, but the operation is technically British.
Ironically, it was the IPA and not BALPA who applied the pressure.