Bertie, getting the BALPA recognition is something that could be done with aviation service providers, albeit that we are spread so thin but how would a PA crew get the PA to recognise BALPA. Is it really that simple? Join as individuals, turn up at the UEO's office one day and say, speak to BALPA for the next pay rise? Not meaning to be flippant so please don't fire back. Can't even remember if I told BALPA who I worked for when I joined, could they, without breaching Data Protection, give an idea just how many pilots in any particular company are BALPA members?
The first step is always the hardest and to stick your head above the parapit on your lonesome to shout the rallying cry is defo one hell of a hard thing to get your head around!