backtothegrindstone
Firstly - SOs make up about 20% of the Hong Kong based pilots. Hardly enough to force a vote through.
Secondly - despite the attempted bribing of HKPA pilots by the backpay offer of TA16, a large percentage of the SOs voted against it. I'm not sure if it was a majority but the distribution wasn't far from the actual TA outcome.
Whilst some on these forums might feel that we will act selfishly and hence be bought off with a vote buying deal, history suggests that isn't the case.
Some will vote selfishly - but in the past, and I hope in the future, the majority will vote with the entire membership in mind.