For those of you holier than thou individuals who are already wishing our demise for being greedy in these lean times - you have no idea what you are talking about.
Nobody takes the issue of industrial action lightly but this is not really about any individual issue, but more about insiduous developments.
Management have failed to communicate with our elected representatives for the past month. They have then declared both a reduction in terms and conditions and the intention to bring in contract captains.
It is the fact that they have shown no respect to their arrangment with BALPA and that they are unilaterally imposing changes to our contracts that is the essence to this unrest.
If it meant giving up terms and conditions in a negotiated settlement to keep things going, then so be it, however I will not let the company railroad changes to our T's and C's without discussion.
But as some believe, we should be grateful for a job during this race to the bottom of our profession.