SkyRocket10
Unfortunately and I think why the company aren't discussing the issue of seniority is that since the Dan Air and Cityflyer takeovers legislation has changed within Europe. Companies now acquiring/merging with another are required to maintain seniority, therefore merging the BA/BMI seniority list. Where a BA pilot and BMI pilot in this case join on the same day, the employee of the 'acquiring' company will have the higher seniority. The talk regading increased opportunities for BA mainline, therefore is negated as the additional slots in net terms are not an increase (covered by the exisiting workforce, ie BMI) The proposed opportunities are also a smoke screen as BMI has not had any significant recruitment for the last 7-10 years and as such SFO/FO in the acquiring company, BA will therefore find themselves several hundred places further down the seniority list, therefore adding a number of years to attain command. This is why we are being asked to vote without being given sufficient information to make an informed decision.