If the BALPA members are to fight for something, they have to have the leadership from the cc. In the past we have been advised to accept whatever crap deal is being offered on the basis that it is the best available and that we have not got the muscle to get anything better. I disagree with this defeatist attitude that has been peddled around and if the company cannot crew the flights with the crew they have, what chance have they if the BALPA members went on strike for a day? We have the power - we have always had the power - it is just that the cc have not had the courage to call the company's bluff.
Fortunately there have recently been changes on the cc and these cannot possibly be changes for the worse.