Leading edge, at the risk of opening up a whole new can of worms, I must take exception to your description of Balpa as a 'lapdog union'. BALPA's lack of 'success'in raising wages is down to lack of union recognition and the sheer greed of some of it's members. Anyone who thinks that BALPA can waltz in and wave a magic wand and all will be well is living in cloud cuckoo land. For action to be successful it requires ALL members to act. On the few occassions where some sort of action has been discussed, people have taken the cash and run and they will always do so. The failure to improve conditions, I'm afraid, rests with us.