Volant Brique I have a great deal of empathy with your statement but I think that the BALPA statement comes from a source other than BALPA Head Office. However, your reaction and that of many others is exactly the reaction that the Scotia management was hoping for!
This whole sad affair of Jim O'Donnell joining Scotia, I believe as A Human Resources Director, should be the final straw, He did not get the job because of his stunning interview technique, or through his personality, and certainly not through his achievements in his previous job: No the reason is much more sinister, O'Donnell got the job because Scotia management wanted to undermine the BALPA recognition and rub pilots noses in their supposedly weak position.
The solution surely is, firstly, that all the union representatives refuse to work with or negotiate with Mr. O'Donnell, thereby making his position untenable and his job short lived. Secondly, everyone on the North Sea should realize that his or her efforts are absolutely crucial to the Oil Industry.
The managers and owners of the Helicopter Companies are determined to grind us down. Decreasing real pay levels, deteriorating conditions of service, degrading pension benefits and continuing redundancies. Meanwhile the oil executives grow wealthy on bonuses paid for by squeezing us to death.
British Airways mainline were unfortunate that many of their cabin staff fell ill on the same dates and to be honest the North Sea is beginning to make me feel sick also. Is anyone else feeling unwell?