On another thread MANBLK asks for my thoughts on joint unionisation (T&GW for all flight crew and ground staff) maybe my views as ground based staff hold little sway in this particular thread but here goes, there would seem to be a general view amongst head office staff that its far too late for any kind of union input for most of us. I personally think that a union would not acheive much against the type of management operated by Jet2.
From what I have read in this thread, there is far too much division between the staff for any one union to be effective. For a union to be effective it must have the support of its members, and while an air of "them and us" exists between flight deck, cabin crew and ground staff no single union could hope to achieve meaningful results.
I do feel that unionisation is a good thing, but I would venture to sugest that each of the groups within the company should persue solidarity behind the union best suited to their different needs.
Sorry for any thread drift, and feel free to ignore my thoughts after all, I'm only ground staff.
ILS