LIFO only needs to be shown that the average age of the workers dismissed are younger than average of the employee workforce for it to be discriminatory. At every airline you will find the bottom of the SL is younger than the top. The matrix mentioned gave a primary weighting to service so would again be open to challenge. In every other industry it's clear cut as described in the plant A /B examples. The job of BALPA is to mitigate the loss of any jobs and NOT to transfer one at risk notice from one person to another. It's not nice the way these pilots have been treated but it is normal practice given that their position is being made redundant. They will be consulted now on options such as a new position in the combined ba bmi or if they do not want to move country other options. Seniority is a system which will have to be replaced in our industry as it has in others. All bmi pilots are supporting action to mitigate those at risk positions