FZH, you make a lot of incredibly naive statements that can lead me only to assume you have never engaged with Balpa or have been in the UK very long.
Industrial relations doesn't just beat it's tune to your agenda. It is membership driven. It always has been. We have a new CC which was elected by that membership and if you knew any of them you'd know they a very much not in anyone's pockets. The previous CC wasn't either despite the talk in corners. The current membership levels in EasyJet are higher than they have ever been as is membership engagement. Despite your claim that nobody ever gets to vote on terms and conditions, the membership accepted the last pay deal only 2 months ago with a significant yes vote...maybe you missed that one.
The salaries you have published are out of date. The SO scale is a 1 year only scale now and attracts £39216, becoming £40510 in October. Those new contracts attract the same number of days off, pension, access to BAYE/SAYE etc etc as the old ones. Before anything was agreed the CC conducted an extensive survey of all it's flexicrew members and used it in negotiations. I also have it on very good authority that if those negotiations had been unsuccessful the plans were already in place for action as necessary.
In the UK the law is stacked against trade unions. That doesn't mean they cannot be effective.. They just have to be smart. You appear to assume that because we don't down tools every time the wind changes that we may as well give up. Why don't you take a look at salaries and terms tracked against inflation since easyjet recognition then?
You also refer to an apparent unwillingness to forward European newsletters to the UK members. Could that perhaps be UK libel and defamation legislation? The last time I checked it was France who held the ePG chair too.
Lastly, if you were a real trade unionist, you'd let the membership associations sort out their business themselves instead of spouting so much nonsense on a public forum. Do you really think you'll get engagement from UK pilots by slagging off their own union on pprune? Hardly. Is Balpa perfect? No - but given the restrictions it operates under it punches well above its weight.