Wrong Brae Cwynd. You state that " The disaffected DA pilots all ran off to form the IPA." In fact, after realising that extensive lobbying of THEIR union for their rights would achieve nothing, due to either BALPA's indifference, or, more likely, prior collusion with BA on BALPA's part, some 170 of the 300+ sacked pilots formed their own action group and took BA to court. The IPA was already in existence, but was then a fledgling organisation incapable of large scale action. Nobody ran off thank you.
The wise DANAIR flight engineers, who paid a fraction of BALPA's fees over the years to the TGWU, at least received a redundancy settlement, which BALPA had not deigned to organise for its DANAIR pilots.
Well, a New BALPA is now with us, with a new General Secretary, new Chairman, and a new Constitution of the NEC. Hallelujah! Just like middle-class New Labour they have changed their spots. Just don't ask New Labour where the middle-classes' pensions have gone.
If you feel that BALPA is a safe and effective repository for 1% of your income so be it. I prefer more trustworthy havens which charge considerably less.
I shall watch with interest the manoeuvring at EasyJet.
Last edited by xrba; 8th Apr 2006 at 04:01.