Yes, OK, that was perhaps a bit overstated - I was feeling a bit waspish when I posted that.
However, it is BALPA that headlines the process, and if we get another Jam Tomorrow result, as seems highly likely, I fear for the membership levels as the very many people who have recently joined because of BALPA's exhortations rediscover their objections to paying subs for scant results.
OK! OK! I know that results aren't all BALPA is about, but many of the newly joined membership have said they did so for a result on this round of talks and if they are disappointed by a deal that, far from making a "Career Airline" barely scratches above inflation they will pull out.
And if that lowered our membership back into levels where the Co have the upper hand again it would be nothing short of disastrous, not so?