You can't fight a big army with a small army.
Scottie - I know you are trying to play it fair, but COME ON! If a small army has the big army by the balls then you can get through a heck of a lot of "negotiations".
There are usually about 50% of our pilots in BALPA. About 60% of them actually bother to vote/read bulletins and minutes, which means that potentially there are over 300 pilots who will respond positively to a form of industrial action. Say about 50 of them are flying 4 sectors on any given day due to varied roster groups, it gives a (conservative) potential of 100+ sectors out of the 600 daily which can be disrupted in some legal way.
How long do you think EZY would put up with one sixth of its sectors daily using 10% more fuel, 40-minute turnarounds due to security checks / walkrounds by the book, then losing crews through refusal of discretion etc?
The CC's real problem is its lack of imagination, and doesn't want to "throw the first stone". Well, sometimes its the Union's job to do just that - not roll over and take the shaft on behalf of the members!