I really cannot start to know how you guys made redundant feel, other than to say I have been at the bottom of the list and under threat of redundancy previously.
The reciprocal agreement in Canada is to do with the Canadian authorities I believe (only from what I have read on the various sites etc.) and therefore the new plan is to send Thomson pilots to Canada this winter to support the new Canadian company. However, the Canadian authorities wouldn't agree to that if Canadian pilots were denied the right to come here this summer. If Thomson can't send their pilots over there this winter then those pilots are effectively surplus, and Thomson will reduce its permanent ranks by the same number - thus more redundancies.
As for the right to return, well, I believe its TUI and the Thomson directors/ managers that run the show, and as John Murphy (DFO) stated in his "roadshows" this winter, he doesn't want right to return therefore it won't happen. What are BALPA meant to do? They can make the point, but I doubt the current workforce would strike to try and force the company to change its policy, especially in the current climate. BALPA are not our employer!
Surely the anger should be aimed squarely at the Thomson Airways management team shouldn't it?