Notlangley
According to the BASSA branch secretary, he is, or was entitled to an honorarium of £50,000 pa, but he was only drawing half that figure. Moreover, he has no real interest in the numbers of members in BASSA as he has stated publicly that he and the chairperson will be standing down at the end of 2011. I would suggest that having done reaonably well out of his position (earning about the equivalent of a maincrew member on top of his own pay), given that he is no longer employed by BA and as such would not be elegible for re-election anyway I suspect that he would be only to pleased to see the branch go to hell in a handcart. The poor devils I feel sorry for are those who will have to pick up the pieces afterwards. BASSA seems to have been a useful little earner for a number of retired staff, with at least two ex reps having tidy sinecures. Of course these are not tied in to the membership numbers. Someone really ought to ask to see the branch accounts for the last three years.