Jimmy,
I'm genuinely sorry that you feel the way you do about this company and if you do move on I sincerly hope that you find a job that you enjoy and never want to leave.
However, if you do stay (I accept you have reservations about BALPA), then wouldn't getting union recognition in place at this company at least give you some solace?
Whilst we disagree on the items we've discussed so far, I for one think the Capts. salary here is a disgrace compared to our colleagues in RYR/EZY/TCX/TFLY etc and we're all moving the same/similar sized machinery.
If the pay structure here was fixed and one or two other items were "tweaked" then I believe we'd have a really good set up here. The only reason I'm "keeping options open" is because of the money. I know we're losing two skippers next month at one of our bases and it's purely down to money and nothing else.
Thoughts??