What an odd situation, they are desperate not to have BALPA as the pilots representation however given the discussion above no one could make a decision on whether this is good or bad, legal or illegal without seeking advice from an employment specialist. Where is the only employment law specialist available to pilots at the moment, yes you got it BALPA. So to get this employment law advice what have you got to do ?join BALPA. So now the company in question will have more of its pilots joining a union they dont wish to have even in the building because they have tried to take a sledgehammer to force the work force into a situation.....Given the events of that past weeks regarding their crew council has the company brought the union upon itself ??