Can anyone tell me of an occasion when pilots in BA have put their necks out for the benefit of pilots employed elsewhere in the industry?
April the 15th was when BALPA showed support for others. Only it was just BA members that bothered to show up. If my memory serves correctly (it does) the only other support was from Air Lingus.
I very seriously doubt that ThomsonFly T&C's will be eroded by the openskies start up. Same goes for all the other operators.
Sorry but that shows a lack of appreciation of recent history. ThomsonFly was a pre-runner of the OS model, Britannia tried to undercut it's main line by introducing TFly on lower T&C's. BALPA, which is very strong in TFly, stood up to the company and got T&C's back to parity. All those that joined TFly benefitted from the focus of the Britannia company council.
I wish all those joining OS as an FO the best of luck, everyone needs a break in this industry. I can't condone any DEC's, you are all big enough to know what the issues are.