I'll sit on the fence for this one, only to say that a bloke who joined our company was a member of ALEA, but when he needed union representation, he, to his dismay, discovered that he was the only ALEA member in our organisation. However, the AEEU rep did help out as much as if the bloke was a fully paid up member.
So the burning question:- what has ALEA achieved for the aircraft maintenance industry? I know that they campaign tirelessly on our behalf, but what have they done and what are their plans for the future?
So I am lead to believe, the RAeS is surposed to be our professional body, but as far as I am concerned, that organisation is not really wirth joining unless you are management or in research.
So, as they say, the decision is yours.