Mr Stranger
Whilst the guy's dismissal was unfortunate there is always more to it than meets the eye: think what you see of the iceberg vs what is below the waterline.
He also had BALPA representation: lot of good that did him!!!
Mr Wake Turbulence,
We work for this company because apart from a couple of small issues it is a good place to be: well paid, secure, don't get messed around with our rosters, new equipment, stacks of leave etc.
What you have here are maybe 6 hardcore whingers out of over 2000 pilots: the whingers who are trumpeting the cause of unionisation have, in general, been with the company a long time.
They haven't had, they don't have, nor will have, a snowball's chance of getting BALPA or any ALPA recognition, but even though they don't like the place, they don't quit and join an airline which has the "dignity,respect and redundancies" they crave.
The vast majority, most who are a silent majority, go to work (employee ) do their jobs very well, go home at the end of every day ( no night stops you see) and pick up a not insubstantial pay check at the end of the month and a further sector payment in the middle of the month.