HPP
I used to believe all that rubbish about how Balpa was there to look after its members.
It took me three years on our company council to realise that belief was a complete and utter delusion.
As I have posted before Balpa does not have the resources to deliver on promise and is only interested in headline (thus revenue) grabbing opportunities or BA CC who (despite the strident denials) still mostly control Balpas agenda.
Balpa is only as good as the support you get from the vast majority of your pilot workforce. You havent a cats chance in hell of effective collective representation through Balpa even in the unlikely event you got recognition.
The reason is that, at best, there would always be a substantial number who would toe the company line and elevate two (richly deserved) digits to Balpa.