The facts are these:
Over 70% of DHL Air UK pilots are members of BALPA;
They requested BALPA to negotiate with DHL Air for a recognition agreement;
Despite many stalling tactics, BALPA continued patient negotiation with the management;
Due to further stalling, BALPA began the statutory procedure for recognition. The company requested the use of ACAS and an extension to the 10 day negotiation period in order to reach a voluntary agreement. BALPA agreed to extend to 20 days but no more;
After 10 days of this period DHL Air suddenly announce they have reached a voluntary recognition agreement with the IPA/F;
The IPA claims they have 10% of DHL Air pilots as members;
The General Secretaries of BALPA and IPA had a meeting in which, BALPA say, that the IPA General Secretary agreed to withdraw if a ballot of all the pilots in DHL Air showed a majority wanted BALPA to represent them;
An on-line ballot was quickly organised and conducted by the independent polling agency, Popularis. The results were that 67% of DHL Air pilots voted for BALPA to represent them, 0.5% voted not to have union representation at all, 32.5% either chose not to vote or could not vote as they did not provide an e-mail address and 0% voted for the IPA;
The General Secretary of the IPA refused to withdraw claiming that the ballot was flawed because 32.5% of the pilots did not vote and were therefore disenfranchised;
Most DHL Air pilots are extremely angry with the IPA for prolonging the recognition process and not respecting the wishes of the majority;
To date there have been no meetings between DHL Air and the IPA to forge a working agreement and the IPA have not made any effort to contact the pilots it claims to represent.
Make of this what you will. I am a BALPA member. I have changed my usual username to protect my identity.