What percentage of UK wide BALPA income do you think comes from BA pilots
Just so people can approximate this figure, and purely for the purposes of illustration:
BA operate around 256 a/c. In comparison an airline such as Virgin for example, seem to operate 39?
BA currently employ around 3,500 pilots. (who pay relatively high levels of subs) Many of home would be quite keen to see a separate union which they EASILY have the numbers, penetration and to support.
I disagree with your last, I do not believe that large numbers of BA pilots would happily see a separate union just for themselves. There is no evidence for that from the BA section of the BALPA forum, nor have I heard any agitation, nor indeed mention of this on the flt deck. That BA pilots could form a break away union is not in doubt as they (as a large bloc) have the numbers and the financial muscle to do so, IF it were desirable.