Doug, and all others:
"To my knowlegde BALPA is working on this issue, but it takes strong support from itīs members to get anything done."
It's called leadership (or lack of). It's what no chief pilot, bar one, has had in my expereince; no airline management and definitely no union general secretary.
They have all be an abject failure for decades. The top men in each case were there for the glory and the power, not for the good they could do, whether it be to their representatives or the share holders.
Fuddle & muddle.