Will be interesting to see where us FPP cadets end up once out of training as well, given we have been told that we will be on mainline Ts & Cs, and on cadet rates up to PP7. I would have thought BA would want cadets to continue into the BA mainline workforce to maintain the balance of demographics, and furthermore mainline payscales are not massively out-of-kilter with market (unlike IB).
Not that either us or those in the hold pool have much leverage though...
Selection wouldn't be an option and if you think the bmi guys will allow balpa to let it happen well good luck. It's always been nicknamed British Airways Line Pilots Association and this will be the true test of the union to wether they are as biased as many pilots from other airlines think.
Dan-Air guys all faced BA selections