Originally Posted by
Chesty Morgan
Alternatively the IPA will do everything BALPA does, except negotiate T&Cs, for a fraction of the price...I think 27 quid regardless of your income.
In my experience BALPA have been less than useless. They love to talk about negotiations and collective bargaining but when the cost of being in BALPA is more than the pay rise that they negotiated it really isn't worth it.
Wow - very unfortunate that you experienced an incident/accident twice, I assume the first time you were BALPA and the second time IPA? You may be the first person qualified to comment on your respective experiences and comparison between the two.
Or, do I suspect that actually you quite like the idea that the IPA is a fraction of the price and you've let the tail wag the dog in deciding BALPA are useless because that makes a better argument than 'i'm cheap and i'd rather others pay their BALPA fees instead'...