Why would I want to keep up to date with an outdated, ineffective organisation?
Thats the spirit Jetset, you have all the benefits of an AFS (ie. 10 days a month off, block windows, scheduling limits, overtime, incremental pay, 6 weeks leave, medical paid for etc.) and also BUPA, loss of licence insurance but you refuse to support the organisation that keeps all of the above in place. You seem happy to just sponge off collegues and get something for nothing.
Why don't you phone the company on Monday morning and tell them you no longer wish to be rostered in accordance with the "outdated and ineffective" AFS, withdraw from the BUPA scheme and LOL insurance and also tell them that 1.5% OK for you. I am sure that you won't and will continue to freeload on the back of your subscription paying collegues. BALPA is certainly not perfect but it's the only union the company currently talks to and without them the AFS and everything else we have would end up in the bin.