Pilots and their collectively funded organizations are the only friends you really have in aviation in good times or bad.
If you're accepting union led conditions without being a member then there's a word for you which any coalminer would be pleased to explain.
And if you haven't stood for an elected position...don't complain. Just replace the word BALPA with the phrase "British pilots working for common goals" or some such and you'll see how inane it is to ask what "THEY" have done for "YOU". What have YOU done for THEM?
Safe Flying