As much as I hate to say it, being a fellow pilot and all that, I'm afraid you've been suckered and dudded!
As pilots we never were very good at this IR stuff, as past history proves!
You are no longer a "legacy airline", accept it and move on and think yourselves fortunate that you've got an excellent job that pays excellent money, a fantastic life style that provides you and your family with every thing you could want in life...so, why did you want more?
Stop being ungrateful ba.....ds and enjoy the fantastic job that you've got!!
The TWU and Tony Sheldon, the LAMEs and that goose Steve Purvenis, or whatever his name is, that purports to represent them, have never been your bedfellows, hate your guts if the truth be known, and think you're Prima Donas'...go and ask them!
Get some balls and do something or, preferably, shut up and appreciate what you've got!!