I have to agree MacAuslan is the biggest waste of space in BALPA head office. He outraged the majority of the uk pilot community by inferring that if you were not BA then you were not up to standard (re BA038). Its about time he realised that his £100k salary is paid by US the pilots, he works for US, BALPA is not a business its an association (or some would say a union). The small guys sometimes need more protection than the major customer (BA) thats why we have a union, this is where MacAuslan has failed. Failed for the BA members and failed for the smaller outfits as well.