If I am or not, is irrelevant, the point is still the same. However, do I pay BALPA any money every month though? Nope I don't.
Pilots are a self serving bunch who seem incapable of grasping even simple industrial relations concepts.
I might call someone an idiot, but be assured management teams call us all far worse and use it to their advantage, as they know there is naff all anyone is going to do about it.
Easy pickings for a determined management team bent on cost cutting at any cost to the workforce.
Great innit.