Crickey... This is getting even more repetitive!
757 Driver is completely correct, there is nothing to add to his synopsis of the situation we are faced with.
Anyone thinking that some type of IA will leave us in a better position is dreaming. Bluepilot, SCOPE does not hold any protection for aircraft outwith the BA...not IAG umbrella, hence our desire to integrate the BMI pilot/slot/aircraft combination.
I wish this was different, and you are correct in saying Willie has played a blinder. He has realised the future threat and holds it over us. That is business, that is his job. He does however realise that allowing us the choice to vote for integration even with the reduction in terms allows him to keep a workforce more onside than if he imposed a new OpCo on the BA pilot workforce, and we all know he is not a man for idle threats with a fear of imposition!
Those without the ability to vote on this are welcome to dream their dreams of IA and holding fast to current working terms and conditions. If you do you are clearly not party to the information that we are being furnished with (much of which has been copied to this forum) or have no concept that the threats being held over us are immediate and far from idle.
As 757 has said, in the game or out. Those are our choices, there is no hypothetical middle, negotiated ground.
Jazzy