Jimmy, a word to the wise, anyone involved in inviting SEPLA into the mix, or trying to act as an intermediary, should tread only "in the shadows".
Many of your "colleagues" will sell you down the river to win Brownie points, & should Ryanair decide (whether they are correct or not) that someone is agitating for Union Involvement, look forward to a free transfer out of Spain.
Any Union involvement on a unilateral basis has been dealt with in the past by moving the "perpetrators", either away, or in extreme (Martin Duffy) cases , out the door. Do not for one minute expect clean play from the other side, & do NOT put your head above the parapet. Careless talk costs lives, & some who you think are "on side", may be the complete opposite.
As most (78% ? ) of pilots are now "Service Providers" it is all too easy for them to decline your offer of provision of service, or to suggest that you would be better providing it in Kaunas/PIK or some other distinctly "Non Spanish" local.
If SEPLA do get involved, one of the first items on the agenda will be the legality of "Service Providers" & non payment of social contributions by Ryanair (& perhaps you too) Be careful what you wish for.
For this reason, it is probably wise not to lose focus by heading down the "Local" pilots association route & instead concentrate on doing what everyone on here is pleading you to do. Join the Pilots Association appropriate to your CONTRACT (not base of operation/country of residence, but country of CONTRACT) use REPA as the communication medium it is provided to be. Attend meetings if they are organised & you are available.
You do not have to hide in the shadows & refuse/deny interest in anything to do with a Union, but company history has shown it is not wise to be identified as a "leader" in any movement, sacrificial lambs are not needed, and past history has also shown too clearly that your colleagues will not sacrifice themselves to have you re-instated. Be realistic about what you (the individual) can realistically achieve by putting your head above the parapet.
With some determination/organisation the day may yet come to fight, but only on a united front, not in a way that you can be picked off, either as individuals, or as a "trouble-making" base.
3000 troops is formidable, 50 or so at one base is "easy meat" for the Savages you are up against.
Unity Unity Unity. . . . where have I heard that before ? had it been adopted when it should have been, years , nay decades ago, you wouldn't be in the shat you are in now, & I would be more optimistic of you pulling it off than I am now.
Prove me wrong, I would love you to, as we all suffer in this career for the cr@p they have fed you (formerly me too) for too many years.
It will be difficult enough to get Ryanair to recognise one Union, don't start believing that SEPLA is going to ride in like Don Quixote to save you all. Looking at the even sh1ttier terms & conditions "enjoyed" in Vueling should disabuse you of any illusions you have in this direction.