Well OSOP, further to my PM I'll rant in public! My dodgy maths of 30 secs ago based on the then latest poll figures, suggested that 70.13 % of pollsters are against SSTRs - wow, that's a surprise. What really pees me off is the way people hijack these threads with their own agenda and wander off topic and often end up in slagging matches! So based on the premise that SSTRs are a BAD thing (backed up by the poll) what are BALPA (the organisation that many of us subscribe to in the vain HOPE that they will represent OUR best interests in a dilligent and professional manner) doing to combat their proliferation??? I'm not suggesting BALPA can, but it would be nice to be sure they were doing everything in their power to do so. Unless I'm mistaken, the point of this thread was not to justify one's own personal decision re SSTRs but to explore what might be done to end them (with/without BALPA's assistance).