Mud slinging ain't gonna help! Lets get back on point! (sorry mentoring over)
Should a company honour it's policies? Should the employees representatives (Balpa in this case) fight to ensure a company does so.
The time to decide whether you like those policies is before you join. I think a meritocracy like Easy Jet has many good points. I think the seniority system has many good things about it. Neither are perfect but we knew what we were joining when we did so.
Remember when it was illegal to trade on Sundays but they did it anyway because they made more money than the fine. That's what I believe Flybe are doing. They have figured out that it will probably (providing not too many people take them to court) be cheaper to break the agreements than to follow them.
My last post was an attempt to demonstrate one thing.
Why Flybe may have miscalculated.
The career of pilot is already second rate. How much further are we prepared to let it fall? Every time we let employers treat us like this it's another nail in the coffin.