.........and it's because people didn't have the balls to join (and stay joined) last year that such things happened without the required opposition for God's sake!
No-one on the Council can justify it. No-one has tried to. Last year we couldn't stop it. Without Balpa representation last year, it would have happened anyway. Why was it then Balpa's fault?
I said I didn't agree with it, I didn't try to justify it, just tried to say what it is!
Did you think perhaps leaving Balpa was a cunning way to get it changed back? - That didn't work.
Did you perhaps think that it was because of Balpa that it happened in the first place?.........er No
Or could it be perhaps that the company was going to do it anyway and the low membership numbers of last year meant that it could not be stopped?.....This looks promising!
Now, think which of the above is most likely, then think what you did in protest, and try and work out if it was really the right thing to do.
Last year, by leaving Balpa and weakening their position, did you give the company more or less opportunity to do such things with impunity?
If, as a result of the cynical 90% last year, 300 more pilots had suddenly joined Balpa and said 'fight this thing' - the story might have had a different ending!!!!