No union ever had stopped lay-offs, merely negociated opt-outs or some perks.
Which is precisely the problem. There is already a legally binding mechanism in place, Jobshare and I think LTLOA are protected from redundancy, in return for a hefty reduction in salary. I don't think those who signed up for these options would be too impressed if the union did a little deal to to make sure the favoured kept their jobs and the rest got the boot regardless. I have been a victim of this before. I'm not saying that Skyshare would do such a thing but I will not make any decision on whether or not to support them until they came out with a definitive position on this subject. I believe it will be their first major test as a body that claimed to represent
all flight crew.
I'm not blindly anti union as some seem to think, I'm just very cautious and on the cynical side having witnessed human nature under conditions of stress in the past. The results are not, as a general rule, pretty.