Clanger32…Doha I was racking my brain to put a face to the name and was quite understandably failing miserably.
I think most pilots do not want, nor agree with the militant 70’s style union that some people believe BALPA is. Nothing could be further from the truth as you know. It’s just a shame the rabid anti union sentiments that are posted by some on this site appear to be firmly rooted in that bygone era.
I bet if offered the T&C’s that say a Thomson pilots get, the vast majority of those that decry Balpa would be first in the queue. That is what a collective bargaining agreement is really about, not "all out bruvvers" 1970’s style.
Odd though, that more and more F/O’s fighting to get into a company with good T&C’s find excuses not to join the very association that negotiated those desirable employment terms in the first place…bizarre I say, others just call them free loaders.