LAX
Could you please remind yourself of what the acronym BALPA stands for. I am not a pilot but follow this with interest. You may be a pilot but British? From LA? As it appears at first glance that you are not currently employed this side of the pond could you please keep out of matters relating to industrial relations on this side. I note the progress that has been made in good ol' USA in this respect eg when Wal-Mart employees voted for union recognition in one store the company shut that (profitable) store down. That was after they had destroyed the businesses they had supplanted in that small community.
We do not want to become the 51st state which would bring us little benefit but LOTS to worry about. It appears to me that MOL is only carrying out the US business practices that have led to the lowest T & Cs in the western world for employees.