Just checking, have you worked for anybody else or perhaps experienced the stabilising impact of a Scheduling Agreement?
Yes, worked for four different employers plus a stint of private/freelance over the years - I'm sure in some airlines BALPA etc. has proven effective, just they've been absent in my examples hence from personal experience, I don't rate them (unions) worthy of subscription.
It’s all very well to say BALPA don’t achieve anything at Jet2 so I’m not going to join, but any union can only ever be as strong as its membership.
I'd say that's likely quite true. Let BALPA show themselves to be as good as they purport. Here is an idea - if they're serious, how about say BALPA offering up membership for say a 6-12month period gratis, FOC ..... you become a member, you can't access any member benefits for that period but it allows the magic 70%(?) membership 'threshold' to be reached that allows them to become a serious and credible 'voice' in negotiating for their members, the desired (or as near as dammit) results. After positive outcomes from this, you could then say a back-dated set of subs is due by members taking advantage of the proposed 6-12 month gratis/FOC period given, to BALPA. Proves whether they are worth it, or not. Sound fair?.