...more concerned about the colour of the toilet paper in a BA social club.
Precisely! "If you don't give me soft paper in a shade that matches my underpants, I'll not be working". Correct shade and softness arrives. Radical action is performed locally on a company by company basis.
I'll repeat - BALPA's real agenda is set locally by its members. The CCs are the guys who negotiate on behalf of the company's membership. Dreamshiner, your beef has to be with your CC and your colleagues higher up the tree. Also, don't forget, a union is not there to represent non-members. So if the bottom-feeding muppets aren't members, they won't have a say.
PM