Why would BA Express pilots not be able to strike for BA A scales?
Secondary picketing or striking is illegal in the UK.
Why does the scope clause not apply to a BA Express under IAG? Does the scope clause not protect the BA brand?
BA would be a seperate company to BA Express, so see above
Where would BA pilots in future come from to replace retirements? Would they just shrink longhaul in the long run? Or let BA Express fly the longhaul?
It won't happen overnight obviously. But new a/c could be introduced, at the expense of retiring pilots and older a/c like the 744
BMI already has a long haul element, so if it became BA express the transition wouldn't be hugely difficult.
Do I detect some Germanic pride? Well good luck to you but in the uk the locos are bigger than BA anyway!