Reality check.
MOL opens a base in Wroclaw. No BALPA,cheaper handling,lower staff costs...bye bye Bournemouth...1 UK base closed.
MOL opens a base in Malaga. No BALPA,lower staff costs, lower cost of living, mass applications to work there.....adios Edinburgh. 2nd UK base closes.
MOL opens a base in .....you choose.
Don't get it do you?
Ryanair is big enough to absorb the cost of base closures in the UK and openings in Europe and to move the operation from the UK without even breaking in to a sweat. It isn't simply the jobs of pilots, engineers and cabin crew you are toying with, it is the subsidiary employment the airline creates at the 10 UK and 4 Irish bases.
If the tub thumpers are such enthusiastic supporters of unionisation and socialism, consider the wider effects of the action on members of other unions in the UK and Ireland if your campaign proves successful.