Ah, Max....never a disappointment, but nice to hear from you nonetheless.
if cadets refused en masse to accept these poor conditions
They never will though, will they, and for precisely the reason why Ryanair is the success that it is. Supply and demand, or put more simply, market forces. It would be nice to think that Johnny Sixpack would be as offended with the effrontery of Ryanair and our like that you evidently are, Max, but the fact is people are wise to the studpidity of paying an extra 200 quid for a stale bap and a bit of rubber chicken. That cat is out of the bag. Equally, young pilots are (not before time) realising that they can take charge of their own lives, own careers, and join Ryanair and be getting on with it. Its called individual responsibility, Max, and doesn't require unions. Quite the contrary, we're thriving because we don't have them.
You suggest I have ignored to two prime points, Max. On the contrary, I have eclipsed them.
Unionisation creates fewer opportunities for pilots to commence their careers. Companies like Ryanair produce and employ, are out there kicking goals
Look at the great and enduring benefit unions have created across Britain over the ages, Max. Look at the shipbuilding left, look at the primary industries, all gone. BALPA is about feathering the nests of their greatest financial contributors, the Atlantic barons at BA et.al. That and, of course and as always, the maintenance and expansion of power. Wise up, everyone, and have nothing at all to do with them. They're poison to our business.