Thanks Captain Airclues. That was the information I needed. I appreciate what the rest of you are saying but I think that maybe you should open your eyes a little to what BALPA actually offer you. It's not as much as you think. I, as i'm sure are all other professional pilots, am grateful for the £950 per year, but I needn't be in BALPA to get that.
I would be very interested to hear from someone in BALPA who would say, categorically, that they would support me if something goes wrong. I can tell you now that people I have known of in the past went into that meeting with the chief pilot totally alone because BALPA wouldn't support them. I need to know that they'll be there for me. My lawyer is, why aren't they??
Who knows anything about IPA/IPF? Are they any good? Their legal cover seems reasonable but will they support me, should I (god forbid) ever need them?