It looks as though Chris "Mugabe" Darke has had his cage rattled!
Mervyn Hogwash needs to start packing his bags as well.
So Mugabe has the support of those well known line pilots Lord Clinton-Davis and Sir Alexander Glen. It appears to me that the real fear at New Road is that the end of their gala dinners might be in sight. Endorsements for Darke from members of the establishment elite seem to carry more weight than 2 company councils and the members that they represent. (Sounds like French politics doesn't it?). MG has made a terrible mistake with his letter and I hope that it back-fires on him.
The time has come for us to take back control of our union. The BALPA leadership needs to listen to its members and above all, actually show some leadership. Our union cannot and should not survive as an "old boys" club. (Just look at our magazine - page after page about pensions and prostates yet never an article about how to live in the south east on pay point one of a B-scale!).