Over the past few years there has been an awful lot of discrimination against the ex KLMuk pilots, no entry to mainline, attacks on the pension, cant recruit new "uk" pilots due to a document agreed by the dutch pilots union (VNV). Also this document called for the "uk" pilot force to reduce in numbers over a period of five years (KLM continue to recruit to expand!!), restrictions on promotions, denial of training and management jobs, (even when an ex uker is selected as the best man for the job!!!) the list is endless. Yet they are expected to fly the "fokker" aircraft to the same SOPs crew mixed with their KLM collegues.
This is a shameful abuse by KLM and the VNV and the UK pilots have had enough.