The answer to the question posed by SOPS is "Nothing". The AOAs work to rule has no affect on departure times since crews suspect that if they pushback behind schedule without a valid (in the company's eyes)reason, they are liable to be sacked. Work related stress-induced sickness is also a non-starter, since anyone who cannot cope with stress would "lose the confidence" of the managers. It is a brave crew member who causes a delay by his work to rule. So life continues to grumble along at CX.
The rhetoric seen on this board is vacuous. 52 of the boys are on the beach and, if the resolve of the membership is any yardstick, they are likely to stay there. In the meantime, the company withdrew their final offer, having had it rejected by the AOA, and imposed an inferior offer on the crews. So now, instead of getting a new hourly rate for every hour spent positioning, we only get credited with half the positioning hours. Instead of getting the 3% restored to A-scale salaries, the cut remains in place. Instead of getting 3.5% of the monthly salary for working a G day, we now get 2.5%. So 52 pilots and a few improvements in our pay have been sacrificed.....and for what. A better overtime agreement, which we are not going to get anyway. Talk about lions led by donkeys.
So SOPS, nothing unusual is happening at Cathay. The aircraft depart on time, the passengers get carried safely to their destinations and the pilots beat their breasts and spout ineffective verbiage. Fairly normal really