Aldente
Please don't be offended, ATS is cabin crew with Ryanair, and as the actions of muppets from BLAPA would, had they had more than a snowball's chance in Hell of getting even recognised walking through the terminal, have had serious implications for her, and her colleagues' job tenure.
The recklessness of the BLAPA application would have had no effect on our union stooge al446 or anyone not working for FR at a UK base: the collateral damage on cabin crew,engineers and ground staff would have been catastrophic and hence, they, unlike easyJet pilots and union stooges, are quite entitled to express an opinion.
The massed ranks of FR pilots have shown their solidarity with their comrades by roundly rejecting the crazy BLAPA proposal ( union speak for the cognoscenti) : see my learned friend Leo's appraisal above.
We can all now get on with our jobs and forget about BLAPA for at least another few years as commonsense has taken the day.