.... the management can no longer ring you up on an off day or meet you at the aircraft side and hit you with an extra trip at very short notice.
What? No more changes of roster after publication? Incredible - well done the BALPA reps!
Yep by screwing up Bidline so that you are now essentially rostered rather than have any real bidding rights, forced draft is no more. In my 14 years at BA I have never been forced drafted but I have used bidding to create a relatively comfortable set of rosters. That ability is gone now and Bidline is dead. The current BACC will be remembered as the ones that failed to defend BLRs and were partners, with BA in supervising the end of BLRs.
Well done the BALPAS reps! - yeah, right.