You will later this year be asked to take part in a vote for or against BALPA
I hope to god enough of you vote for union recognition. Ignore the likes of Leo and his mates who bleat on about how useless BALPA/IALPA are. You'll notice they are all sat fat dumb and selfish in the LHS, enjoying remuneration the vast majority in FR will never achieve. Leo and his well paid like in FR don't want union recognition because, wait for it,
it might end up costing them a few pence, during the wailing-and-knashing-of-teeth aftermath/backlash in O'Pikey's office that is surely to take place if you guys actually succeed. Maybe a short term hit on T&Cs. Of course, long term, collective representation results in a more stable working environment and protects the Terms and Conditions in
both seats. But why would a select few of the highest paid captains at FR want that? They are all right, Jack. A vocal minority. Sod the rest of you.
The truth from my experience of BALPA so far, working for an orange rival of FR, is that on the whole they are fairly toothless. But that is an irrelevance. The point is, in ezy, BA, etc etc collective representation exists, however imperfect it may be. And that is why the likes of ezy, again far from ideal, remains a stable and reasonable working environment. The only reason for this is collective representation.