People
Contracting will become a way of life on the North Sea if nothing else is done soon, because everybody has to eat.
The key is for you guys to act with BALPA and to sort this pay and conditions thing out once and for all.
Barsandstars, you have the right aproach but you need ACTION from your fellow colleagues otherwise, the whole North Sea Pilot thing will go contract within 2 years and you will all be submitting competitive tenders for what used to be your own jobs. Pensions will be something that is discussed in the cockpit..."Do you remember the old days when we used to be on staff and have a pension plan..."
Get together and ACT guys, it may be your last chance to save your jobs...
Once all the redundancies have gone through, your hand will be weakened because there will be almost enough contractors to keep the whole thing going making any industrial action futile.