It is about bmi pilots being made redundant because of where they are based... ....BALPA policy, as I understand it, is last in-first out across a global pool of pilots. This is not a legal discussion
This is a terrible situation for everyone affected and I hope BALPA, the BMI CC and the BA CC can come up with some kind of solution to mitigate any pilot job losses.
However, so far as I can see if there are going to be any redundancies this is being handled entirely correctly and entirely within the law. Whether it be a base closure, or the redundancy of pilot manager posts it ought to be uncontroversial surely that the person in the post being dispensed with is the person who loses his/her job?
Seniority can take us so far - and it is a good thing in many respects - but we can not use it as an excuse to break the law, and no amount of strong union negotiation could ever change the legal framework under which employers have to operate.
IMVHO.