The slots will be transferred to BA ownership as well as the airframes thereby placing them under the legally ratified Scope clause as part of the MOA. This has been agreed by IAG as part of the deal to integrate. After that point it would be very tricky for IAG, given the lack of slot availability and the competition authority's approval, for IAG to expand its slot portfolio at LHR.
Cost reductions for SH have been on the cards for years. A short term snapshot of 5% productivity and some leave days (to be replaced by wrap around working days off giving a reduction of 2 credit hours per day or 4 credit hours per year) are irrelevant when looking at the long term ability to grow LH.
BMI, under the NO vote, would cease to exsist. Their AOC would be annulled and a new AOC instigated. What happens to the contracts at that point? There is no 'integration', no 'takeover' and certainly no TUPE. Think of the position of all of the BMI crews be it flight, cabin or ground staff at that point. When you are presented with a 'take it or leave it' scenario.
As for the Count, most in the cabin, bar of course the rampant militant BASSA members who wanted the company to fold anyway, are breathing a collective sigh of relief that the BASSA lunacy is behind us. Is the CC union a sheep or a lamb? The fact that IFCE, along with ALL other departments, are having to submit their annual cost savings and have entered their proposals to the board without even bothering to consult with the almighty BASSA might go someway to prove that the Union has become more akin to a turkey than even a lamb.