A lot of excellent posts here about a very sensitive subject.
The word "UNION" or "UNITY" is pretty basic in it's meaning. Without TOTAL unity then there will always be a 'leak' in the ability to unify the masses. Remember the employers in any field of employment almost rely on the fact that humans rarely become totally united in anything. You will always find some that simply feel different.
The big boys at the top love the fractured nature of the human workers desires as far as getting things such as T&C's advanced. So as long as we gain momentum here and get total unity thru the efforts of some powerful people/unions then we have a fighting chance. We've seen tactics that nearly bought this country to it's knees, that plan of action we can ill afford to let happen again. We need to do it smarter these days. The so called 'boffin's at the top didn't get there thru idle threats, they got there thru being clever,ruthless whether we like it or not.
'opsnormal' puts together a good post as others have shown also.
Go forth & mulitply, those words couldn't be better said in this case.
Stay strong guys, the pilot world now turns in a different direction, but sheeez, hang on !
CW