Coming from a company that is on the verge of BALPA recognition I can not understand why your pay rise will be accepted if the general opinion is that it is inadequate. As I understand it your CC is made up entirely of flight deck members who have the use of a BALPA professional negotiator. At least this is how the system has been explained to me.
Has BALPA justified why it is recommending this deal.
My interests are 2 fold. Firstly, as I say we are just about to get recognition and JMC is a company I would be interested in joining.