The playstation kid has discovered Google! A bit out of date though, why didn't you find
Hunt still on for nice South African? They seem as easy a 'wind up' target as you! Divorced? There's no surprise!
Leg, what exactly was 'spectacularly wrong'? You are quite right to want to stay in a country that you enjoy. Problem is that you have to keep a lot more than half and eye on the viability of your employer and be ready to move if it becomes too questionable. No 'schedules' to agreements count for anything when the money runs out. And that doesn't just apply to where you now live and would like to stay, wherever you are when the money runs out so do the Ts & Cs. Maybe you did vote for a paycut to try to save the situation, but maybe it was already too late? Maybe without it the layoffs now would be higher? People who constantly try to blame 'someone else' are those who should be embarrassed.
Back to the topic: BALPA is fit for purpose, it's just that some people have distorted ideas of what they think the purpose should be.