Just to point out, the ballott wasn't sent out by Unite it was sent out by an independant body who deal with industrial action ballotts. I found this out by contacting my union reps....
I have friends who live in Spain and Portugal who when they didn't recieve a ballott form organised for the form to be sent to me or other friends in the UK so as to ensure they got the form. I don't believe the pilots would have allowed three weeks to pass without recieveing a ballott but they are more swithched on when it comes to this kind of thing I suppose
I have to agree with VSGLA. It really isn't rocket science