I've been told that members of the PC have discussed with management early starts after days off and this would be a change of the days off rules
You have been told wrong. Totally wrong!
Ryan do 5 and 3 with out flying through the nite - yes so how are we going to do 5 and 3 and fly through the night??
It doesn't matter how many days on/off you work - only how many hours you work per day. It's an FTL issue NOT a roster pattern issue.
If it was pre -existing why wasn't anything done about it??
The schedule was cr@p - too may flights for barely enough crews then the holiday season hits - short-sightedness and bad planning in scheduling/rostering dept - no excuse!
One major point you seem to forget - RW, or anyone else, cannot just change these things anymore without agreement from the members of the recognised union - BALPA.
All such agreements are, and will be, voted on by ALL the members. ONLY when there is a majority can a change take place.
So forget the talk of PC members 'in collusion' with anyone - unless you're referring to a majority of nearly 500 pilots 'in collusion'.
In June, after the council elections, the Chairman stated that he would stay for 2 more meetings to 'see in' the new council. It's on record and in the minutes. 2 meetings later he did what he said he would do, and stood down.
As reported widely on other threads, he is one of the guys currently taking legal action against the company for share issues.
Draw your own conclusions!
If you want facts and not crewroom hearsay, join Balpa, get access to OUR bulletin board and have your say and read the minutes of meetings and replies to all the questions.
If you want to continue to pontificate, whilst in possession of 5% of the facts, carry on as you are!!