How will BALPA gain members from FR if they are portraying the pilots in this way.
If this is your only concern guys then join any other ECA affiliated association, those are the guys behind
www.ryanairpilotgroup.com and are doing a great job supporting the FR pilots.
The point here isn't BALPA or what the general public might perceive from a single article in a news paper but the wider implications of illegal working practices put in place across Europe.