Well, as posted before, VC in Germany is currently asking for approx. 35%. This is not because they are completely mad, but they are a pilots only union and do not need to worry about other workers. During the 20 years that VC negociated along with larger unions for all kinds of staff there was a tendency to level the pay differences between pilots and ground staff and pilots have realized they were not that happy with getting a little less every time after all.
Now times have changed and one principal aspect in Germany is that all organized pilots are in the VC and no place else. If you don't like what BALPA is negaciating my guess is that you should rather try to take a more active role in BALPA and try to change them from within.
Well, we all will know more when on the afternoon of May 3rd, 2001, voting on str-ike has come to an end.
I sure hope that if VC is successfull, many other pilot unions will follow suit.