BA pilots have accepted £10m worth of cuts to allow integration. Did they do this to save the BMI pilots out of charity, I don't think so.
They did this to prevent an attack on their T&Cs in the form of all future expansion through a standalone within the IAG group that would be formerly known as BMI and become to be known as BA Express perhaps.
I believe the BAcc are nervous as to what actually happens post-purchase, when the BMIcc negotiate directly with the BA management. Only then will a truer picture emerge of the intentions of the IAG group as to what happens. The BA pilots may have voted to accept concessions as the lessor of two evils. That doesn't preclude some surprise from WW and the boys at IAG. It's a potentially messy situation in my opinion, and not something any of us can truly predict. Bring on the 30th...