Superpilot
One professional career is upheld by one of the strongest unions IN THE WORLD, the other by old rich farts who are only interested in serving the upper elite of BA and other legacy carriers.
You really are wrong. Balpa is the members, if you stick together and back your CC you will achieve something. The problem is that pilots are too often not prepared to do so. It's a sad fact that airline management look upon their pilots as a bunch of softies. The reality is that they are key personnel in a company and should be respected. They won't be if they keep turning up for work for a pittance.
The problem at the present time is that the seniority system worked fine when companies had final salary pension schemes. In the current situation seniority stops pilots moving from company to company so limits the ability of people to leave poor employers. Something needs to change, I tried to do something 40 years ago and got outvoted.