Being military pilots they would be used to "taking orders", without question, if they valued their careers.
That's a very shortsighted vied that shows you don't know anything about their situation. It's not USAF with hundreds of crews (and potentially many more on the market with type ratings for American-built a/c). Polish Special Squadron had only 2 crews left current for Tupolevs, and potential market is not really big (and as this is a military unit, you can't hire just anyone). So in reality their commanders had little power over them, because grounding/firing them would mean they would have to drive everywhere (or take a ship if going to America). If anything, in the past years it were crews who were leaving due to low salaries and less flying time than in the civilian jobs.