Bokkenrijder,
If you spent less time being angry and more time considering the implications of reduced Balpa membership then you'd realise that it is precisely this point that has resulted in you feeling soooo hard-done by.
Bob Crowe of the RMT is currently engaged in a "show of strength" with TfL over the Metronet issue. He came out with a priceless soundbite yesterday - he said: "We're goin' on strike 'coz they ain't givin' us wot we want!"
Presumably Bokka you'd prefer to have the RMT conducting your negotiations and instigating strike action - it might work once but in the process you'd alienate all your passengers and destroy whatever goodwill has been built up with the management, then easyJet would become just like Ryanair.
The only "show of strength" you want is 95-100% Balpa membership so maybe you'd be better off getting recruiting and venting your spleen at all those who don't pay Union subs rather than those that do!!