Bealine
We have had aircraft diverted in flight, landing in the US when they should have been landing in the UK, simply because, due to disruption, the crew would have exceeded their industrially agreed hours before reaching the UK. The crew could have perfectly legally and safely continued to destination, but Bassa insisted the flight landed.
(Of course the pilots were willing to continue)
Can you imagine the cost to the company? Or the inconvenience to 300ish passengers? This is the mindset that we deal with on a daily basis, and which Walsh was brought in to eradicate.
If it was your airline, and you paid these people good money to do their job, would you be happy if the union told you when your aircraft would be landing?