So we need a diplomat and not a table thumper? Well it was certainly diplomatic of CD to endorse and accept BA pilots last pay deal without going to the inconvenience of asking them about it. CD may well be doing fine things in other companies, but in BA the past few years have seen nothing but erosion in the T&Cs of flight crew. This has nothing to do with the lack of profitability as every other department, and particularly the more militant one that we fly with, have seen very real and significant gains over that period. In BA the spoils go to the noisiest, not the most professional or productive or indispensable. CD has been given his chance by BA pilots and he's delivered nothing. We all understand that BA aren't the majority in BALPA anymore, but we are the biggest minority by a long chalk. That means we expect to have our concerns addressed. Although we now represent only 40% of the membership I suspect we contribute a significantly higher proportion of the membership fees, and if we're bankrolling BALPA so they can improve conditions across the industry as a whole then we expect to see some payback for ourselves, otherwise we might as well just leave and form our own union.