To those BALPA bashers:
BALPA is NOT them, it is us. If you think it is ineffective and poor value for money - and your judgement may be correct - then stand for election to your CC and the NEC, get in there and CHANGE IT. The REAL enemies are apathy and indolence. To paraphrase an old cliché, all that is necessary for expoitation to triumph is for the membership to do nothing. Write, march, stand for election, run the councils, learn about employment law, confront the managements. Then, if you fail, and only then, can you complain about BALPA being useless and poor value.