But the ball was dropped by the unions years ago,principally by lack of union repersentation in the low cost operators.
Perhaps that BALPA representation in Easyjet was a figment of my imagination. I believe Ryanair spent an awful lot of money suing BALPA over REPA too. Unsuccesfully I might add. If there's no representation in the LoCos it's because there aren't enough members pushing for it, not because BALPA is uninterested.
Outside of BA nobody could care less about balpa
Try telling that to Britannia and Virgin crews.