Well guys, this is a rather pointless discussion, because:
BALPA is run by rather clever guys who have more experience in politics/diplomacy than all the airline pilots in the world together.
Therefore they will never give you a direct answer when confronted with issues and will always keep a nice diplomatic tone and move the focus of the discussion elsewhere, just like max does. Those people are trained for that!
You can never win this.
Just make your conclusions and either shut up or cancel your membership.
When enough of us do that, they'll understand.