wizofoz if your not a BALPA rep you certainly should be, you have certainly fallen for all the
PR crap they put out.
I have no intention of arguing the pros and cons of joining BALPA however regarding the legal cover you are way off the mark, we all know that in the real world BALPA will cherry pick which cases they fight.....you f

up your on your own.
Ask Dan Air guys or Air Europe how strong BALPA fought for them!.
Anyway keep believing