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I'm a BALPA member and have never paid more than half the claimed £1000 figure, and that was before the 66.6% tax rebate was applied. Also the 1% is only on pensionable pay.
As for "bare faced Terry" I can speak from personal experience when I say that there is no-one I would rather have supporting me against an aggressive management, who are so contemptuous of its employees as the openly publish such blatant threats.
This is the one and only chance for RYR Pilots to oppose the increasingly violent (I can think of no more appropriate word) attempts to subjugate Pilots LEGAL RIGHTS.
Vote now or forever hold your peace!
Edited to add an afterthoughts....
1) If RYR won't ever have to negotiate with BALPA then why go to so much effort to oppose recognition?
2) When have BALPA ever mentioned going on strike? They've never EVER had to do so in any company yet! Every single conflict has been resolved through negotiation. Perhaps that's what MOL is afraid of, so much so that he has flogged his shares. I think even he knows that recognition is coming which may cause a temporary dip in share price so he's cashed in (sold out?) now.