Mr Benip, assuming you are a BMI pilot (the joys of anonymity here on PPRuNe!) then it must have been a very stressful time over the past months. Now at least you can look forward to increased job security with benefits of continuity of employment.
BA pilots (and all employees) have been through stressful times as well, not long ago we were asked to reach into our pockets and help save the company. This time round we have been asked to reach into our pockets again. Our LGW colleagues have also done the same which has prevented them from being included in the current round of job cuts there.
So BA pilots are not immune from the financial worries of the industry, far from it.
So it is against this background that we view the integration of your colleagues. We felt that if we had the chance to prevent a Jetstar-like operation at LHR then we would take it.
As a side-effect of our self-interest, naturally those joining pilots would of course be protected from this as well.
The threat of redundancy has hopefully gone away now but be assured that IAG would have offered you far worse than your current T's & C's had the vote not been for integration.
It is understandable that you feel vulnerable in this situation, but it is not the intention of BA pilots that you feel patronised. However there is a sense that your collective expectations have not been as well-managed as they could have been.
All the best and see you in the CRC soon.