I am a supporter of Unions however , as Balpa will tell you they're not a Union they're an association , a very expensive one ...
They have let this industry down for decades & continue to do so taking credit for the work of real Unions like Unite with the holiday pay etc.
Balpa do next to nothing for the pilot workforce ensuring individual crew councils are populated with pseudo managers looking after terms & conditions to suit themselves leaving the general workforce in the dark as they negotiate elusive lifestyle options whilst gorging on expense bought working lunches & claiming lots of expenses , spending many office days doing FA apart from telling everyone what a burden it is to be a rep !