John,
If you won the election for the GS position and immediately stood down who would we expect to stand for the subsequent election and why do you feel that they would be more suitable than Chris Darke? Would they fairly represent ALL British airline pilots regardless of their company? Why haven't they already put their names forward for THIS election? It seems difficult to vote for (in effect) an unknown quantity. Presumably though we could always re-elect CD in the subsequent election if no better candidate came forward.
I'm all for changing a system if it doesn't appear to be working, but only if there's a better alternative.
I'm glad that these matters are being allowed to be debated publicly. Thanks for your time.
Regards
Paddington