For the love of God, we're going round in circles. Balpa could probably learn something from the Germans, French, Spanish, Mongolians and a couple of recently discovered Amazonian tribes, but it would matter not one jot! IAG/BA/Balpa are OPERATING IN THE UK, within the UK law and IR framework. Why is this so difficult to understand?
Well until someone confirms that trade union law in Germany - if that really is the sticking point - is fundamentally different from that here in the UK, we're all operating under the supposition that what happened at DLH doesn't apply here.
Which begs the question as to whether or not there is EU legislation that one might be able to appeal to, to "level the playing field" as it were?
I don't know the answers, I'm just curious to understand
exactly why DLH experience is not analogous here.
PS: There isn't a UK pilot here who isn't paying close attention to these BA/IAG developments, either directly or by proxy.