Who do you think BALPA are? You are BALPA and BALPA is you??
BULL**** - BALPA is not a charity.
When I pay my tax I do not feel the need to go down and help out at my local school, hospital, tax office, council tip, etc. I pay for it and it gets done.
We pay a lot of money to BALPA, and nothing gets done. Archiving activities associated with BALPA's 75th anniversary doesn't count I'm afraid. "United in the interests of British airline pilots". Also BULL****.
Alot of people are hanging on in BALPA by a thread only. Please can the senior leadership at BALPA begin STOPPING THE ROT that has already become SOP in this industry. Otherwise more and more people will just leave BALPA and our position will be even further weakened.
BALPA are now a backwards looking talking shop where everyone moans about how bad things have got with absolutely no culture of getting anything done about it at the fundamental level.
I know this seems harsh but this is not just my perception.
A change of attitude would cost nothing.