Suggestion if I may Scroggs,
Why did Balpa last year, and the previous 3 years see an increasing demand in low hour people attending the conference?
They said at last years conference that there were practically no one 'in the industry' (with a decent job) in attendence!
The quick show of hands demonstrated at the time, that theory quite nicely....
Lets be honest here, the people already in the industry, (I don't consider myself one being just a lowly FI...) aren't really going to need the likes of some crummy conference at LHR are they?
They have the contacts, the hours, and the lateral manouverability within the industry, to get better jobs, because they already have the time and that all important foot on the ladder...
I fear, as most things in the aviation world for new people to experience, that , BALPA's EOC is little more than a cash fund top up...
WB