Captainkingkong
Did the chairman of BALPA take a pay rise this year
He works for Easyjet so I suppose if their flightcrew got a payrise the answer is yes. He does not get paid by Balpa. If however you mean the General Secretary who is a Balpa employee I don't know the answer.
On the more general point made about Balpa guarantees then I agree totally with what you say and it is important that false promises are not made. I still think that having an organisation behind you which does have the experience and resources to defend your Ts &Cs is going to be better than a sole company employee committee.