Tjosan - As you say market forces, but pilots have every right to fight tooth and nail for their hard won terms and conditions. I feel safety would suffer massively should these types of employment practises be roled out across Europe.
So what is your point? That it is unfair, or that Baltic pilots are unsafe?
Get to the point and don't hop between arguments to suit your needs.
The fact remains that our inherit culture has a direct influence on how we behave under certain circumstances or in certain environments. Be that in a car, or professionally in an aeroplane.
What a load of xenophobic rubbish. I wouldn't want to drive in some European countries let alone Bangkok/India.
If you SAS lot can blithly condemn all other cultures through fear of eroded Ts&Cs, then I'm all in favour of them sacking the lot of you.