And if all else fails, Lizanne can fall back on her favourite recipients of her opprobrium.
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BALPA SHAMED
Jan 31st, 2010 by admin
BALPA has claimed that it is “neutral” when it comes to the contentious issue of pilots and Captains - some of whom earn over £100,000 pa - doing the jobs of crew, some of whom who are on a tenth of that, to break a strike.
In fact BALPA are so “neutral” that one of their senior reps, a Captain, is on the first course. We don’t call that “neutral”, we call it callous, spineless and a disgrace to decency. It is tempting to name this individual but BASSA will not be joining this particular Captain and his “union” in the gutter.
Having got that off our chests we would like to say a sincere thank you to all those First Officers and Captains who have been in touch with us over the last week to say how ashamed they are at their colleagues’ behaviour and how sickened they are with BALPA’s hypocrisy. We would like to acknowledge the fact that the vast majority of Flight Deck are decent people who are dismayed by recent events. We therefore urge all cabin crew not to tar the “Flight Deck” with the same brush. Just because a few selfish pilots have chosen to become involved in “strike breaking” we need to maintain a dignified relationship and a sense of proportion.