One of the biggest problems which BALPA, CCs and members, has to address is the "Im all right Jack" syndrome.
So long as there is no co-ordinated effort the union can never be strong: if BA don,t support Airtours members and bmi don,t support BY members etc what chance do we have ? The only prospect of maintaing a reasonable set of T & Cs throughout the industry is with unity. If you aren,t a BALPA member join now. Unless we stick together the cracks can be prosed apart and pilots seriously disadvantaged.
Ive seen the difference a change in personalities can make within a CC: dishounourablle individuals who sold the mates down the river to feather their own nests were replaced by people of integrity, but it takes time to undo the harm that was done.