Beerdrinker - you are so wrong.
The industry needs exactly that. Who is going to protect people who work for unscrupulous airlines of which there are many?
I work for an operator that doesn't provide the basics of Personal Protective Equipment such as high vis jackets ("buy your own"), ear protection ("we don't care") and makes pilots fuel aircraft without goggles or gloves ("we've come up with a procedure that's impossible to follow that negates the need - so if you have an accident not following it we're not liable"). Not only that they provide bacteria ridden water for their crew to drink every day. All of this is in direct contravention of UK H&S law.
Does anyone interfere or stand up for us as a workforce? I don't see the CAA getting involved and actually enforcing the law. Maybe the HSE aren't so bad after all?
Don't believe everything you read in the Daily Mail.