Count , as far as I can see , nobody has blamed Balpa for the demise of Monarch , it has just been highlighted that Balpa historically have done exactly what you're saying to many other Airlines in the past !
Well if you didn't see this coming , it's your own fault , however , you have a look at the demands of the Monarch Balpa CC over the past years looking for large increases in pay & conditions with no mention of steps to protect jobs in the event things should take a downturn .
If you are , as it would appear a representative of Balpa , to say 'the sooner the Pilot World wakes up to the commercial realities of life the better' &' if your company does not make money , you will very soon not have a job' , does that not apply to the likes of BA/IAG , Air France & many more .
Maybe instead of taking 1% of the general pilots workforce across the Uk & walking away , Bala could start looking after its members long term , if they had the foresight you request from the Monarch employees , they'd have been negotiating with the Management for a number of years & protecting the livelihoods of these people we all now feel for at Monarch & not just telling them they should have seen it coming.
I now work overseas but was let down by Balpa on two seperates occasions in this very way . Once again , good luck to all but please , all demand more help , protection & guidance for your 1% long term , don't be told you should have seen this coming .
Get the Balpa CC's at all your airlines to do more on those expense paid , trouser bursting lunch dates . Their gluttonous eyes wide at the half promise of a possible Management position in the future , you have all seen them .........