Me neither. However, since my company have been represented by BALPA (about two years now), the company council still do nearly all of work, but the only people who now get the info and get to vote are the BALPA members. Hardly seems like democracy to me.
One percent is a lot of cash. Some people haven't joined because they just can't afford it. More people need to be encouraged to join, perhaps with lower fees and voluntary purchase of the legal cover.
And despite having recently signed up lots of new companies for representation, BALPA are still only really intersted in BA. You only have to look at the situation at Maersk to see that.
DW (BALPA member)