Now is NOT the time.
The company posted 105 million euros NET profit during what surely is the worst downturn in aviation history, fact.
Those routes that should eventually be operated by EU based aircraft in retalliation to the BALPA campaign will have to be manned by skilled professionals, eventually now UK based crews who will be transferred to the continent.
Or will they just be laid off in favor of newly hired ones?
In the first case the recognition campaign has nothing to do with it because officially the move is due to the new tourist tax imposed in the UK.
In the second case the recognition campaign should still go ahead because such a behavior is surely against any kind of civilized labor law.
Can anybody of the union bashers answer the following question:
What happens in a couple of years when FR will have 300 aircraft and will be hugely overstaffed with plenty of F/O's working 2 days ON and 3 days STBY (if not less) on BRK contracts with command upgrades greatly reduced and the few new captaing flying their areses off on reduced salaries while senior and more expensive Capt.'s will be put on STBY while making zero money on BRK contracts themselves?
Talking about looking beyond noses?