I think one of the problems especially for FO's not either been part of or leaving BALPA is the fact that the likes of the pay deal and other issues, negotiations have been going on for a long long time with no results. Yes this has a lot to do with the company constantly playing silly games, but I think some people also feel that BALPA are not been forceful enough and keep letting the company get away with it, and as has been mentioned before the constant, "we will be at another meeting next week". Add this to FO's not exactly rolling in the cash they may see paying BALPA each month a waste of money at Flybe and would rather have the extra £ in the bank account.