MaxNg,
If it's me you refer to,
, but I didn't "spit the teddy", or even throw my dummy. I was invited to join BALPA some years back, on my departure from HM Forces but before I parted with my cash I did some research. At the time, it seemed to me I shouldn't spend money on an organisation that apparently allowed it's senior members to feather their own nests, possibly at the expense of other paying members.
As it happened, the company I went to work for didn't recognise BALPA in any event so there would have been little direct benefit to myself at the time.
Droopystop,
I suggest that you type "BALPA" and search previous "rotorheads" threads. "Own goal by BALPA" refers to the sort of thing that put me off joining. The incident on that thread isn't the one I referred to but a later one. The archive now doesn't seem to go far enough back in time.
I'm certainly not saying that the BALPA of today is better or worse, just that it hasn't suited me to join as an individual. I keep an open mind!