"young, energised vs. matronly" is not discriminatory.
But anyway, the age issue is a sideshow to the real issue which is that many airlines pay less, treat their crews very poorly, and yet those individuals still deliver top notch service. More evidence that wages to not correlate with service delivered.
So, back to the matter of the missing BASSA accounts. I have looked into this further, there is no need to go via the certification officer with a complaint, or indeed wait until the 28 day period has elapsed.
The member can go directly to the High Court:
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31 Remedy for failure to comply with request for access.E+W+S
(1)A person who claims that a trade union has failed in any respect to comply with a request made by him under section 30 may apply to the court [F2or to the Certification Officer].
(2)Where [F3on an application to it] the court is satisfied that the claim is well-founded, it shall make such order as it considers appropriate for ensuring that [F4the applicant]—
(a)is allowed to inspect the records requested,
(b)is allowed to be accompanied by an accountant when making the inspection of those records, and
(c)is allowed to take, or is supplied with, such copies of, or of extracts from, the records as he may require.
Write a letter to the union asking for access to the accounts within 28 days of the original request, and explain that if access (as permitted by the legislation) is not granted within that time ask the High Court for an order that access is granted.
The legislation requires that:
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(2)Where such access is requested the union shall—
(a)make arrangements with the member for him to be allowed to inspect the records requested before the end of the period of twenty-eight days beginning with the day the request was made,
(b)allow him and any accountant accompanying him for the purpose to inspect the records at the time and place arranged, and
(c)secure that at the time of the inspection he is allowed to take, or is supplied with, any copies of, or of extracts from, records inspected by him which he requires.
(3)The inspection shall be at a reasonable hour and at the place where the records are normally kept, unless the parties to the arrangements agree otherwise.