BALPA have campaigned for years on abolition or reduction of APD. I now read many comments which do not mirror this stance. I therefore presume that either there are few real professional pilots on these forums or the BALPA folk, who should be in the majority, are strangely muted. I suspect the former.
(As one who has regularly been lambasted by non-pilots and PPL's for myself being unqualified to contribute, I realise this website really does not conform to its title. So be it. I still enjoy it sometimes)