It's totally irrelevant if you are a member of BALPA or not when it comes to holiday pay. BALPA set the precedent and campaigned for the payment using members subs but each and every case was brought as an individual case citing the persons name.
Once the precedent in law has been set it is then up to the individual as to whether he/she wishes to pursue the company through the courts for the back payment of holiday pay.
It is not the remit of the Union, Unite or BALPA, to decide who should and shouldn't get paid, the remit of the Union is to represent its members, nothing more.
Those outside of the Union should have received holiday pay from the company over the same period, they didn't, thus, as now encapsulated in law, they should be free to take legal action as they see fit.
What Unite and BALPA are doing is disingenuous to say the least.
The fallout from this and the BMI deal will affect ALL pilots and Cabin Crew, those who are members and those who are not. If the company ran two sets of T's & C's, one for members and one for non members, then I could see the point. The company doesn't.
Last edited by Wirbelsturm; 15th Mar 2013 at 15:03.