Chuffer Chadley and others - BALPA IS all we have got. The IPA/IPF are undoubtedly sincere and genuine people who somehow think that paying 5 bob a year and wearing an IPA lanyard means they are showing support for their colleagues whilst not soiling their souls by supporting BALPA. All you are doing is showing yourselves to be naive. The IPA have never achieved anything for anyone, and can never do so without the overwhelming majority of pilots supporting them. It costs money to run a proper union and fight court cases. The IPA/IPF have not got 2 halfpennies to rub together and can never be anything other than a distraction to the main battle. I know you are good people and mean well, but you are simply causing more hassle than you are stopping by trying to steer support to a powerless organisation that can never do anything. How easyJet management would just love to be dealing with you rather than BALPA.