'But IMO, any pilot who see the secondments as morally acceptable and normal business practice, probably lacks the backbone to be a commander anyway'
Blimey, that's pretty harsh. At the end of the day, this business isn't fair. The BA-Dan Air, BA-Caledonian, BA-Citiflyer arrangements still leave a sour taste with many people but we just have to get over it and move on.
I understand the secondee arrangement is sensitive but that's the way things are. If BA suddenly opened up a handful of -400 commands for GSS fos, I'm sure you'd take it or would it be against your morals?