Norman, old thing, I'll have to call you on that one. Resorting to finger pointing and claiming "he's not even a pilot" is a step too far against poor old Global Warrior. Anyone who reckons he's got 12,500 hours P1 on jets at 42 must have flown his arse off, so give the poor chap a break, would you?
Besides, he has a point. Among vocational occupations such as ours, there simply is no collective responsibility and that is the reason why BLAPA and similarly malicious organisations continue to exploit the decency and loyalty to be found at the core of a precious few people, Norman. People such as you.
Your redoubtable support of BLAPA over the years is, I'm reluctant to admit, admirable. But like all good spaniels, after placing slobbery slippers at the feet of your master for so long, isn't it reasonable to expect something more satisfying than a boot in the balls for your trouble?
If you don't have the gonads to support your less well off colleagues, you are failing BALPA
Global Warrior didn't mean for this little gem to apply to those further up the tree and beyond Orange shores, but of course it does and is the principal reason why BLAPA's day in the sun is over. Where is the BA outrage over the appalling erosion of T&C (sic) at Easyjet? Where are the picket lines of uniformed Barons outside the architectural monstrosity that is Terminal 5? Nowhere, that's where. That's right, Norman, they don't give a ****.
Quelle surprise!!!
Were you serious about actually
doing something about what you see as the erosion of terms and conditions at Easyjet, or whatever it might be called
from June, you'd start your own in-house organisation. That would most certainly get their attention. Who knows, Norman, you might actually achieve something!
Tread carefully though, old friend. With a new CEO from that pinko rag The Guardian, and a prickly female to boot, the feathers are bound to fly.