This is way off thread but:
The sad fact of life is that if you have a good chance of winning, but take no representation, you go up against the other side, who have buckets poads of representation and they walk all over your cast iron case because of their experience in the field.
This captain is receiving FULL support. I know!
You say Balpa has done nothing for anyone at Easy, but you chose to ignore:
LOSA agreement
Disruption agreement and payment
Fixed, as opposed to chaos, rostering patterns
Airbus No Bond agreement
HOTAC and food changes
Airbus Course allowance package
Tripling the initial pay offer from the company last year
Or did I miss something and someone else did all that?
BTW, V. difficult to have industrial action without a recognised union!
No doubt while the due process takes it's course in dealing with this unfortunate incident in AMS, a small band of Pruners will continue to try. judge and execute anyone who was nearby at the time!