I was a dutiful BALPA member for a long time ...
Over the years a quit and rejoined (over specific issues) like many people, but I feel that I've been shafted several times now.
The company I work for made redundancies at the end of January 09, and we have
not had a single communique from the BALPA CC since that day.
Our company CC reps are hard working, but from what I can see, they get NO support from BALPA main, to the point where their principal negotiator (Kashmir the useless) doesn't even turn up for meetings.
I for one have had entirely enough, for me it's time to bang out.
Pilots (as someone said above) are their own worst enemy, but being a BALPA member won't stop us being a bunch of numpties.
In my opinion, BALPA simply take the money and take the p1ss
