FANS, I can see why a BALPA approved flight deck presentation would go down like a pork chop at a bar mitzvah.
essentially it takes the authorizations away from the regulator and the employer and places it on effectively what is a union and that is a bitter pill to swallow for everyone along with the vested interests.
fair play on you for trying though.
perhaps things may see more change in the right direct if there were a pilot association that trainee pilots, pilots looking for work, contractor pilots (real contract pilots, not fake employee contractors), pilts who are looking for work as well as those in full time employ, could join and be represented as professional body, rather than those who are in recognised carriers only and where issues such as couscous are not the major concern.