If bmi had 9 747s 9 777s and 9 320s rather than 27 airbus a/c do you think there would be an issue?
One only has to look at the seniority of longhaul v shorthaul to realise there is a massive preference for LH.
Personally I don't see a judge siding with a bmi pilot who chose not to join BA over a pilot who joined bmi a week earlier and then left bmi for BA .
It just doesn't pass the fairness test so frequently quoted here.
So far the only response has been ' there are winners and losers'.
Well in this particular game we all had a choice back BA or back bmi.
Why should bmi pilots be the winners and BA pilots be the losers?
The 5 year freeze doesn't cut it because when it ends it still affects bidding rights.
If bmi pilots challenge seniority BA will fight it and if they don't BA pilots will. If you destroy the seniority system what would you have in place? Meritocracy for command ? Based upon what? Last 3 sim cx scores ? Minimum fuel carriage? Daren't go sick? Old boy network? Ability not to say boo to a goose?
And if many bmi pilots don't want LH why all the fuss you can more or less do what you do now with exactly the same opportunities.
The crux of the matter is opportunities in LH.