Completely agree. BALPA carries out more studies and technical matters than any other association on behalf of its members. And it represents them well. When things go wrong, BALPA is behind you offering support. They have instigated support when it was needed. Just remember the tiny membership base and the massive work that goes on behind the scenes. For 1%/year from the limited membership, massive VFM!
I can tell you the members are thoroughly sick of the sudden applications from desperate troubled non-members who suddenly discover the reasons for membership! If you decide you want none of it, fine, keep out, but don't use this thread as a means of flinging insults or abuse at the people who do want to be members, as so many threads about BALPA become thanks to the same noisy minority.