I will be voting yes for the following reasons, I have been in BALPA for all my flying career but most of the F/Os I fly with are not so I cannot see us getting union recognition.
£5,000 pa towards pension
£5,000 pa allowance in lie of loss of licence etc
Flight pay of £24 per hour instead of the present block system which would have given me an extra £2000 pa over the last two years.
A stable five on four off roster with no loss of leave
+ 10.4% over four years
I know the company could take any of this away but they could also take away existing allowances.
I will still be lobbying for union recognition but if ever it happens at least we will be starting negotiations from a higher baseline.