Regarding the pay offer, it has indeed been officially recommended by BALPA. In the statement of 20th April called 'October 2005 Pay and Benefits Review Bulletin no. 15', there is a covering letter from the CC Chairman. In it he states, 'As, in terms of pay, the new offer is a good one we recommend its acceptance. Also we believe the time has now come to concentrate of the scheduling/lifestyle issues.'
It is apparent that the vote will be closer than I first thought - although I still think there will be a comfortable 'YES' vote. Quite a lot of people have come out on the BALPA website against it and among those contributing it is running about 50/50. Can I recommend to all BALPA members that they participate in the online poll that is being provided there. It is not the 'official' ballot but proved remarkably accurate as a predictor for the last vote. At the moment it is indicating 66% in favour but with only a few votes cast.