Of course those pilots and cabin crew who may be shut out of the Holiday Pay settlement, are now trying to play the discrimination card. They want their cake and eat it. Sorry that doesn't wash.
There must be a benefit and even an advantage for those paying fees to a professional body, who negotiates with an employer on their behalf. This is where there is conflict in the psyche of pilots. Most are right wing Tories who do not believe in unions, and even denigrate achievement by calling organised labour, or institutions like BALPA a " self serving cartel".
Last edited by Count Niemantznarr; 16th Mar 2013 at 17:02.