As an obvius outsider to the Ryanair situation, but a BALPA EZY member, reading this thread, I can see two very obvious points sticking out in the wind here.
Leo Hairy ****, obviously a management glove puppet, with someones hand up his ar$e working his mouth goes on about base closures and other threats based on "business" decisions. All airline management are the same at their sick little core and if just one of you believes that any airline management board would keep a non-profitable base open as some sort of a thank-you for not joining a union then you all deserve your fate with your rancid mouthed **** at the helm. If they are to close, the will close, the question for you is if my base closes who do I trust to try and look after my interests best? Whose interest do you think MOL has in his void where a heart should be?
Second thing that strikes me, clearly with all the tripe spouting from the management puppets on here about BALPA, along with the threats Ryanair are scared of BALPA recognition, if they were not, why all the effort to make you afraid of growing a spine? Why do you think that is, and don't look to Hairy tw@t face for an honest answer to that, you know fine well he has one intent, to undermine your efforts for recognition, again, why? If BALPA are no threat, why? If they are under no obligation other than to turn up to meetings with BALPA, why? If bases close and transfer lists freeze is that BALPA that imposes that? So WHY does BALPA recognition make base closures, transfer freezes and no promotions necessary? WHY?
Are BALPA perfect? No? Do BALPA charge a 1% of salary fee? Yes. Have they improved or retained lifestyle at EZY - Yes, without doubt, could they have done better? probably, would we be in a better place without them? Of course not.
Let MOL go run some 3rd world sweatshop making Nike running shows or the like, his talents are clearly what these places thrive on.
Best of luck to all the Ryanair guys, such bullying and intimidation from your management need not be tolerated in silence any more, you are all worth more than that, now have the courage and conviction to tell your dictators that and let battle commence, and a battle it will be, but if one single job is lost due to Union recognition, the that case will have to be proven in a court, and that IS a battle BALPA will fight and win.
As for BALPA only fighting the battles it can win, you will see that it fought and LOST a major battle with BA over open skies, but fight it did, until defeat was declared. Hairy Camel Tw@t will tell you that is why they need your subs to replace the cash spent on that fight, and at the sametime he will tell you that BALPA will only fight the fights it can win, either way don't expect a coherent response from those with O'Leary's fingers gripping their gentlemans' area!
