Re-Heat, thanks for that. You cannot be expected to know all the issues as you are clearly not a BA BALPA member. As NAPS was being closed to new members, it is difficult to see how we could have prevented BARP. You can be assured that the BARP issue is being addressed by BALPA. BARPers will stand together with NAPSters as they know that unity will be vital for the next BA onslaught on our terms.
This "hard talk" of forcing the issue with a strike is counterproductive 70s tosh. Take a lesson in finance, and realistically work out what you can afford to take from the company (something I dearly hope your unions are doing), and learn that the airline requires more than the pilots to keep the whole operation flying.
Sorry, but I view that as patronising, particulary the last bit after the comma. We are fighting our own battle, thanks. We are the most productive, cost-effective and 'on-side' employee group in the company. Why WW should choose to have his first falling-out with that group, I don't know.
