Do you think chc would have behaved differently if the roles were reversed? I don't think so. The cold hard facts are it all comes down to money, in any industry.
Pilots worrying about redundancy, while they are living in a £400k+ house, kids in private school, long haul holidays, two nice cars, wife doesn't work.... If you get my drift?
(I'm not saying you are like this, it's just an observation of some pilots)