NSF, whilst I normally respect your comments, and am aware of your knowledge of life inside easy I can't help thinking that the fact that those within easy on full time contracts believing that:
overall it is still a very good and safe place to be
might contribute to the fact that there is a feeling that:
a strike now would be a tragedy for us all and needs to be avoided
When you say 'all of us', do you mean those with the best T's & C's such as yourself? Or do you mean the poorly paid cadets and those on flexi contracts as well? I hope you take my point with the best intentions, and are not planning on becoming a future Rainboe.