No harm in reminding ourselves that it was the likes of Hand Solo and his mates in BA who about five years ago engineered the coup at Balpa which saw the booting out of the then general secretary Chris Darke. For what reason? One of his greatest sins was that he was a reformer and was trying to move Balpa in a more grass roots direction away from the cosy association that was there to advise on tax breaks, second homes and lifestyle choices on retirement at 55.............
The coup was successful and after an interim period where office was held by a BA Longhaul skipper the present General secretary was then engaged fresh from the revenue with all his connections there.......
Small wonder he sought to quickly repay his plutocrat sponsors by ensuring their final salary pension funds could approach the two million mark without penalty.
Sorry that epitomises Balpa even now...........the same faces are in office. It is a club serving the interests of very few and rips off the rest of us.
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