Maddie Baddie
Absolutely correct (in my opinion)
Thunderbug
This, I think, may be the biggest change required of all. Balpa would NEVER instruct anyone on how to vote, how to respond to company requests etc. It is left up to the individual. Even the reps in BALPA often hold differing views and are happy to express those views in debate. The strongest words used by BALPA to influence a descision is "recommends." This seems not to be the case in UNITE. Therefore they can't understand why the representatives of another union doesn't just tell us how to react.
Can you imagine if any of the reps in BALPA tried to do that? They would be laughed right out of their BALPA post.