If you understand the desired end game of Clifford / Joyce and can work back to the current scenario and it all makes sense.
The two aspects are:
1. The destruction of AIPA and the ALAEA,
2. The positioning of the airline for an on market take over, probably by a Dixon / Gregg / Coe led consortium.
Mainline pilots flying the B787 don't factor into that at all. Even if the currently remote prospect of a red tailed B787 does occur, it will not be flown by anyone on the current LH award.
I have sat through multiple staff meetings where I have heard Strambi and other senior use those exact words.