Of course they will deal with BALPA & IALPA if they have to
- despite what the dobber says.
If they don't engage with them when the pay negotiations come up again next year, the ballot papers will go out - and then the White House faces two options:
1) Explain to the shareholders that RYR now deals with UK & Irish unions - hard to do, but...
2) Explain to the shareholders that RYR still doesn't deal with unions, and, BTW, those tickets booked out of STN, DUB, PIK & LPL can be swapped for tickets from EMA & LTN for a fee of only 5£... why? Oh, we just think your chances of being on a moving aircraft will increase proportinally with your willingness to use the sca...ahem, I mean our valued employees based at those airports
A lot harder to explain, IMHO...
But wadda I know? I'm just an overpaid bus driver, after all.