There is no loyalty on the North Sea. Pilots move between companies all the time, I know guys who have left A gone to B completed the OCC and then a week later gone back to A!
The pilot workforce has the power here to make a difference to their own working conditions and pay and I am all for that.
Saying that strike action is blackmail is wrong. There will have been lots of negotiations upto this point as strike requires procedure to be legally followed first and it is the last tool in the box.
Pilot numbers will be in decline in rotary, not all pilots want to work from Aberdeen, not all pilots want to do offshore work due to its nature. Power to the offshore pilots.
Offshore O&G companies are making unbelievable amounts of money but one of the critical services (flights!) have been racing to the bottom, not the pilots fault but the operator. There is money here, lots of it.
Special 25 if you are happy working for an employer who says yes you can have an 11% rise but you will have to pay for your own accommodation in the shetlands for the time the company needs you there along with dropping all other Ts&Cs.
let's say your company based in Aberdeen said we need you to work in the Shetlands for the next 3 days, you will have to pay for and find your own accommodation and food etc. would you do that? It sounds like you want the O&G companies to make as much money as they can and screw the worker.
As we all know we are only 1 medical away from losing the jobs we love, not many industries have this so let's make hay whilst the sun shines because tomorrow might never stop raining.