@widered: As i said I stand to be corrected on what the contract says, I will have a look for it tomorrow!
Interested though in you figure of 1300 pilots from ryanair.
How many are actually full members willing to be active in the interest of the work force? 1300 is almost 1/3 of the pilots yet we are paying for uniform, food, coffee, hotels,medicals, flights and most recently COMPANY IDs!!!!
For this reason I struggle to believe 1/3 of the work force are in the same union otherwise a strike/"blue flu"/action would have occurred a long time ago!!