Skylion
I think you may find you are wrong here. BAWC (BA World Cargo) went outside the company to find a company to operate regular cargo work BYPASSING BALPA, such that BALPA were not aware of the situation until late on in the day. At that point, partly due to a poor /non-existant SCOPE agreement it was to late to cancel the plans. BAWC then in short time ended up with not just part-loads, but 1 and then 2 aircraft.
We (BALPA) have since been trying to argue our case to the point we are now. The freighters fly purely BA Cargo around the world - that is why it is (1) BA work (2) BA work (3) BA work.
BALPA has been successful in negotiating terms at LGW, BHX and MAN in the past to keep work flown by BA pilots on the BA pilot seniority list, and could well have been in this case some years ago but were not given the opportunity.
That wrong has been rectified - to those at GSS - sorry but that is the truth - it is our work, be grateful and help us to bring the work in-house (with yourselves) at industry rates. The GSS rates of 56K UKP (year 1) + 2 UKP/hr at not industry rates!