Unfortunately for wannabes BALPA and IFALPA and the other national pilots bodies across the world have bigger fish to fry. Our T&C's (and yours one day) are under constant attack so efforts tend to get focussed on the more important issues facing members. Things like pensions, pay rises, increases in rostered hours, days off, breaks, layover times downroute, quality of hotels, meals etc etc. Remember also that many of the unions survive by using volunteers from the pilot body and there are only so many hours that they can give whilst balancing work and home life. If you want greater representation then perhaps the best way is to get wannabes to join unions in the first place and lead by example with setting up sub committees to focus on issues specific to that portion of the membership. You could then take the various arguments to the likes of the CAA eg: impact on flight safety with pay for your own type rating f/o's on the flight deck.
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I can't help but feel that this is an incredibly blinkered viewpoint as the very necesity of paying for hours is surely eroding t&cs further up the chain by providing cheaper labour. In addition, what clout would 'wannabe' unions have?
It's patently obvious by now that wannabes have little sway over the market, and accept the requirements imposed by airlines. Perhaps those interested in protecting their t&cs should also be taking a genuine interest in the t&cs of new hires to prevent a knockon effect on themselves? To only be concerened about directly perceived erosion to t&cs seems short sighted.