Laughable!!!!!
I work for another LoCo in the UK, Northern based. We too are pushing for BALPA recognition and it has to be said FR's bullying tactics can only be met with one action - BALPA!
Yes, you are always going to get the people who will sit on the fence and ride on the back of others, I see that with certain individuals at my company (They know who they are), all too willing to take the hard fought for terms and conditions that CC's and Unions have bashed out over years of negotiations without ever spending a penny themselves
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Hey-ho, that's the way it is and always will be, but to those who maybe teetering on the edge of membership, yes it is a bit of a double-edged sword in respect that you may be perceived as a "trouble maker" for being part of YOUR proffesions Union, but remember this, the day you have an incident and your called to head office for 'tea and biscuits' is the day you'll wish you'd have paid that miniscuel percentage of your wages to not only a Union but a legal resource as well!!!!!!
I've seen it all before in Airlines I've worked for. Yes it has been useful in the retention and improvement of T&C's but more importantly BALPA has always been an organisation that works with you, contrary to Airline chiefs beliefs!!!!!
The rumours around my Airline are if we become BALPA recognised our MD will spit his dummy out, I don't belive that at all, he is a passionate go getter, not a defeatist, more a bullying tactic imposed by those similar to FR's management team.
So, in these VERY turbulant times, what all Pilot's need is a Union to potentially work with them to retain what they already have and if the worst comes to the worst use their vast amount of experience to work with the airlines in a battle for survival.
FR's management team should be ashamed of themselves. It was embarassing to read, they clearly are either very stupid or very nieve to thing that educated individuals will be intimidated in this way.
BALPA all the way guys, you have NO option:
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