Iron Curtain,
For your information:
I work with the balpa rep on the jet fleet. Don't worry about it...apology accepted.
Also the IPA is a very worthy organisation but to be fair, what have they done to improve things on your behalf?
How would you go about improving the situation? Surely a collective, cohesive voice is better than battling out terms and conditions on an individual basis. Granted we haven't got what we deserve but we should at least tell our reps what we want.