...because the company that employs them screwed your company over...
Simply not true. But I have watched closely from the sidelines as others have been affected.
If "...what's called business, survival of the fittest" means that one fleet and its pilots survive, then that's just life. JB007 and Set 1013 have been the most realistic here.
And for those 'gloating' from afar about British employment practices, your comments here are surely an irritant to all affected.
Back to the topic though: Pilots must stop sitting back without getting involved then complaining like hell when 'someone else' doesn't do what they want for their own individual benefit. If BALPA is not fit for
your purpose, what have you done to become involved in what BALPA has done up to now? Quit trying to blame someone else for your problems when you have not done anything yourself. If BALPA keeps some pilots in jobs at Flybe then they are 'fit for purpose'; if they insist on outdated practices that the airline can't afford and it pulls that airline down so that all the pilots there lose their jobs, then BALPA would not be 'fit for purpose'. Full stop.