Well, it was a little harsh topic to get into that is why I edited it out. But if you really want to know: Current balpa pres. saw his position threatened last year by another guy that was way more popular. balpa pres would have lost his position for sure. However, second guy was also interested in the position of ECA president. So the current Balpa pres started lobbying for him. They did this by completely badmouthing the other contender for the position, the former VNV president. Finally, at a meeting in madrid VNV confronted balpa about this and they worked out their differences (even signed a paper to that effect). Next meeting in Denmark, same thing happened again, terms like etnic cleansing were used. From this time on and for this reason, VNV refused to negotiate with BALPA anymore. all talks with KLM were now bilateral instead of unilateral with would have been more productive.