Fascinating thread. I work for BA but was a DEP having had a previous career and also worked for other airlines.
Having followed the thread on the same subject on the BA section of the BALPA forum striking differences are apparent.
90% of the contributors on the BALPA forum think she is wholly deserving in her case.
However here, where it could be argued people live in the real world, the more rational posters are saying that it is a choice and that commercial organisations should not have to continually adapt beyond what is reasonable, with the inherent costs, to the whims and wishes of the workforce.
Strikes me that after all the investment in her training (flying college, sim conversion, line training) to have flown 1200 hours in 4 years and now want to work 50% is an abysmal return on investment. Or isn't that important?