This is an industry wide problem, and it requires an industry wide solution. The only vehicle we have to push that agenda is balpa. But they do not have the mandate or inclination to fight this case as of yet.
Maybe it is time for all of the major CC's to get together and push balpa to lobby the CAA, Government and the airlines to end this practise and go back to employing the most suitable and experienced candidates for the role. Safety of the travelling public should take precident over these schemes.
D and F
