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At the risk of sounding like a BALPA apologist; when you talk about BALPA "allowing" this to happen, and I wholeheartedly agree that it is a totally unjust practice, who specifically do you mean? Is it the NEC, the paid employees, or us, the Pilots that make up BALPA that you are bemoaning?
It is for the Company Councils of EZY and/or TCX, supported by BALPA infrastructure and financially by the rest of the sub paying members, to take action. If the CC's choose not to act then what do you propose BALPA, in the form of the NEC or paid employees, to do about it? Call a general strike of all UK Airlines? No thanks from me.
I often wonder what people think BALPA is? IMHO We are it and it is us. When we criticize "BALPA inaction" we only criticize ourselves.
I really hope to see this thread expand into a positive discussion so may I ask, respectfully, what you would like to see done?