Agree with some of your points red, however..... As a member of AIPA and also Balpa I can see many reasons why AIPA should be trying hard to represent ALL pilots in Australia ala Balpa. I think their figures are something like 7500+ members represented over 26 companies. Not a bad effort and the results driven by the team of negotiators seem to be excellent.
As we know, the situation in Australia will always be an adequate (at worst) or oversupply (normal) of pilots. This is the problem. Easyjet, Ryanair achieved good levels of pay without union representation initially. It would be nice to get a copy of the pay scale comparisons that are published by Balpa to give a guide to the relative pays of 'legacy' vs 'lowcost/no frills'. Some will be suprised to see that it isn't that huge a difference over there. Somehow this hasn't filtered down to the bretheren in this part of the world and instead, prostitution continues.
Unfortunately, the scene has been set and without some smart thinking by everyone, the pimps will be taking all the cash whilst the people on the street will get less and less.
