Perhaps in the post-Brexit, post-COVID world, there is a light of hope yet at least for the UK industry?
Mandate by law that no AoC is allowed to
base crews in the country unless they are duly employed by their airline. Definition of base along the logic of FTL, or better yet 2000/79/EC
Council Directive 2000/79/EC - home base is where you take the mandatory off days.
BALPA (members) take note, that is a game changer. Unlike fighting the IAG masterminds who've prepared against a strike in their bi-annual recurrent training sessions for the last 25 years in a straight row.