It is not so much the fact that 411A sometimes is right it is the supercilious and downright obnoxious manner with which he never misses an opportunity to snipe at BA in particular and pilots in general.
I actually find him unpleasant and would guess that he is one very sad individual to feel the need to constantly display such vitriol which is why I have long since stopped responding to his antagonistic waffle.
What is being missed in the general debate is that the case law which BALPA has been faced with has only just become case law. It became very quickly self-evident in very recent days that until that case law is overruled, which it surely will be in the fullness of time, BALPA stood a very real chance of losing big time.
For those who wish to examine the wider issue that caused the withdrawal see here for a flavour:
http://www.thompsons.law.co.uk/ntext...sion-laval.htm
The balance of power in industrial relations has just changed more dramatically than people probably realise.