On the subject of integration - The bmi CC owes it to their membership to get a fair deal in terms of integration of SLs. You cannot vilify them for that or any way belittle them for it.
I guess it depends on what your definition of fair is. BA and bmi pilots clearly have opposing views on the matter. Hypothetically speaking, do you think the bmi CC would consider themselves to have negotiated succesfully if they achieved integrated seniority but at the expense of 47 redundancies out of seniority?
What is the difference between BA pilots and bmi pilots? Nothing, both good operators of aircraft and perfectly interchangeable employees, one group is in no way superior to the other and maybe should remember that. One group however, has benefited from better management.
It's rather more than just better management. Better representation has played a significant part. Remember we are talking about the same management team which has hammered every employee group in BA. How you engage with that team is as important as how they run the business.
The bmicc owe it to their members to push hard for integration of MSLs after the advice that they were given by BALPA in the BMED takeover.
I'm sure they do, but they also owe it to their members to ensure their goals are realistic. What BALPA advised the bmi CC to do for the BMED takeover is yesterdays news. You can't simply point to that and ask BA and it's pilots to acquiesce because they simply won't do it, and I doubt any amount of special pleading will persuade either interested party otherwise. Sooner or later the bmi CC are going to have to realise that it's not achievable, park that ambition and get on with getting the best they can for their members, if they can get anything at all beyond TUPE and isolation.
In terms of redundancy, I am sure that they are working internally to try and mitigate the redundancies of the outstations.
Good,I'd expect nothing less.
The bmicc are surely working pretty hard right now........I hope that they get the support from BALPA HQ however it turns out, legal and otherwise.
I hope they will too, but if they are hoping that BALPA are going to try to pressure BA pilots into merging seniority lists I think their hopes will be dashed. After all, the only industrial muscle BALPA has in BA is the BACC, and it's quite clear what their position is.