Norman Stanley Fletcher
Well said! I am sickened by reading some of the posts on here knocking unions in general and generally come from those who have never been a part of a union or have just paid their subs and treated it like their AA membership, as opposed to being involved or even understanding the issues by reading the literature distributed to them or thinking more broadly than their own self interest. This was exhibited well on the RYR/BALPA thread running some time ago.
I am not connected with aviation but when you guys get shafted, as is happening, it means that us further down the food chain are going to have to more than bend over.
To all others - You are highly trained, well educated people who are routinely given charge of not only several mill quids worth of aircraft but can cause untold damage by failure, not least to yourself. That is worth being paid well for so stand up for yourselves and do not accept the argument of "it's market forces". I realise that may be difficult when considering paying the large mortgage you could afford in better times but if do not do so you will be headed for a council house eventually. Ooops, they sold most of them didn't they?