QFinsider is correct. One only has to look around the world to see the intelligent use, and effect of assymetric warfare techniques.
Dixon has the new IR laws on his side and has stated he will use them. Pilots would be foolish to go on strike as the
PR battle would be lost on day one.
Fortunately there are another set of laws which can be used to good effect.
If Dixon really wants to piss-off the people who by LAW, control the amount of fuel loaded aboard an aircraft; who by LAW have the final say on whether a tour of duty is extended or whether 400 pax get put up in a hotel at company expense; who by LAW cannot be compelled to operate to company schedule to make the punctuality reports look good; who by LAW cannot be compelled to give away a sector to the FO, thereby bringing the airline to a halt as it struggles to fit in recency simulator rides on already crowded schedules, then so be it.
Striking? Who needs it?