Once again soddim misses the point- he's been rattling his sabre in Rumours and News on this topic.
I doubt there are many BALPA members who would refuse, if a sudden crisis happened, to fly casualties back to the UK, however long it took. What we object to is the suggestion that you can apply crisis rules to something you are planning, and rostering, weeks in advance! There is already a perfectly legal way of achieving the extension of duty time required- carry a third pilot. Are BALPA so wrong in suggesting that wounded troops are entltled to the same level of protection as fare-paying members of the public?
FTLs are not designed to give pilots an easy lifestyle- they are for the protection of passengers, whatever colour of clothes they are wearing.