P2F can only be stopped from within the companies
It would require pilots to stand side by side and refuse to fly with PTF cadets. To make it work every LTC would have to refuse to train, whether it be a PTF cadet, a CU, a line check - whatever. This type of action will cause management to stand up and take note. However would every LTC in EZY, BMI, TCX etc be willing to do that? Will BALPA stand up and say we will support you in doing so? It is all very well in balloting action where a decision to act is formed. However like the BA CC strike, how many that said 'yes' to a walk out turned up for duties on the first day of the strike? When it comes down to it, the environment that we are currently faced with, people who may have appeared to be coerced in to action will simply come to a conclusion on the eleventh hour. They will not risk their status or position within the airline for fear of reprisal. For action to work you require strength in numbers and thats something that the pilot group historically has been pretty poor at.
For PTF to stop it needs to be stopped by the regulators. The CAA, DofT etc. And for these guys to act it has to be on the grounds of safety. I think the battle against PTF would be won or lost by directing our concerns to these authorities. BALPA should be at the forefront of this campaign, however for some reason or other they prefer to hide from it.