Adolf,
My post was simply based upon my personal experience. For me and my colleagues BALPA did nothing at all and showed a remarkable lack of interest and understanding. When we were all made redundant the T&G presence in the shut down discussions secured us a redundancy pay-off of 18 months salary plus extras, even though I'm a public school, middle class affluent pilot..................
Its always best to know what your talking about prior to putting the boot in to a fellow pruner