Originally Posted by
First.officer
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.
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?.