I guess as UK LAE's we have to ask ourselves why did we allow the ALAE to shrink to the size it got to and so force it to have to 'merge' into Prospect? The idea that small Unions 'merge' into the larger ones is not new of course however most of the time it is due to reducing membership numbers that creates the need for these 'mergers' to happen.
Personally I would like to see an Association that simply looks after the interests of the 10,000 or so UK LAE's and the flying public and doesn't get mixed up in anything else.
We, as LAE's are an endangered species again and Industry will always be pushing hard to drive down costs and we need to understand that it's us, and us alone, that will look after our interests.
The flying public don't even want to consider how the aircraft they are flying on has been maintained they just hope and often pray it has been maintained correctly, we are the hidden heroes of safe flying but keep such low profiles that no one talks about us. How many times do you see LAE's on Airport TV shows? We don't exist to most people.
If I hear of anything else I will post it however it's good to talk as they say!