BALPA???
When whoever takes office does - hopefully new blood, and not someone who seems to be as much interested in milk as pilots they will have my fullest support (and that of many others I suspect) if they can safeguard my job and better my career prospects. In the few years I have been in Balpa I have seen a continual erosion of our profession almost completely unopposed by our unoin, the biggest gripe being that of the employment of foreign pilots - just listen out and play 'spot the Brit' next flt. Under the present regime I have helped pay Mr Darke's very comfortable salary whilst staring at redundancy, mine not his!! Balpa being curiously quiet on the topic, we do not hear much of lobbying of MP's and ministers to prevent the events of the last few months. Again my own gripe if we the BRITISH part of Balpa were better represented then this continuing influx of foreign pilots was stopped, or cut down to a reasonable trickle to be employed only when the labour pool of pilots in the UK dried up then I am sure we would be more secure. I would like to add that I have no grudge against the overseas guys many of them are my friends but that wont help one iota when I have to go looking for a job. So based on that I along with many others will be seeking a change at the next election it cannot make my situation any worse.
Last edited by pipistrelle; 8th May 2002 at 10:29.