Doug,
Bruce Wayne, Norman and Basil are living in the past with their left vs right wing frame of mind
but then you say:
aren't all unions per definition leaning towards the left?
sort of contradicted yourself there.
that (pro-Torys?) paper tiger called BALPA? Isn't BALPA the same relic from the past that you folks accuse UNITE of? A fat cat, raking in the fees/dues and providing f*ck all in return?
So not leaning towards the left?
By UK standards BALPA seemed to negotiate pretty good conditions for BA pilots.
"The Grapes of Wrath"? Well, we may have just seen Utopia come and go in one generation. I know that if I had been expected to pay for my flying training I'd have continued as an engineer; never felt I needed to be a captain to define myself.