Work to rule
Listen chaps.
We all know that you can't strike.
We all know that cadets are going to go to the bank of Mum & Dad to get a job flying new 737s.
We all know that SFOs will take the base move to europe to get the 4th stripe with "no positions in the UK for at least 2 years".
We all know that Brookfield is taking over the world and dodging millions of pounds worth of Tax on behalf of Ryanair.
We all know that none of this will change because no single person will start the ball rolling because they know as he takes a step forward, the rest of the pilot population in Ryanair will take one step back. This has been shown year in year out with the REPA and BALPA campaigns.
So, what to do. Well, while you are all sat on your backsides moaning about how things will never change have a little read of that PINK BOOK.
START WORKING TO THE OPS MANUAL!!!!
That means coming in 45 mins before off blocks. That means USING COMMANDERS DISCRETION and if you are knackered, DON'T FLY HOME! You have the choice.
That means not answering your phone when you are not on duty.
If everyone starts reading that Ops Manual, and follows it TO THE LETTER, then there is nothing they can do. You are doing what they have written in black and white. But as long as FOs are coming in 1:30 before off blocks to do the paperwork, and Captains are flying home after doing 13 hour duty days, then they are going to keep laughing at you all, and keep having weekly meetings with free tea, coffee, and biscuits that have come from the pay rise that they have frozen from you for the past 3 years running.
Your call!