Hi guys,
Having spoken to a fairly senior member of the Ryanair team about this recently, it has become obvious to me that unless all of the FR pilots in every base across Europe join BALPA (which Im afraid I can't see happening), BALPA will not win this. By the sound of it MOL would probably not hesitate in cutting back the operations in the UK just to stop this campaign, such is the anti-union stance of Ryanair management. Knowing thier tacticks, they'd probably maintain a similar amount of flights to/from the UK, just have the a/c based in Europe. Ryanair has a history of not backing down on its threats, so if they say they are going to close a base, they do etc...
While I support the idea of union recognition, I can't see this working, which is sad. And if I was comming up for my command up-grade and was uk based right now, I'd be quite upset. I know this post isn't much help, Im just trying to face facts.