As we fly multi million dollar aircraft, and are used to solving problems by careful analysis, we should easily be able to see this as simply another opportunity the management have to try and generate ill feeling from us HK guys against those on the base.
Good on the AAOA for a near 100% turn out of voters and an almost unanimous rejection of the offer that by all anecdotal accounts unsurprisingly had unsavoury strings attached.
Many crew would like a base, but it seems not to be the green grass nirvana many think.
Remember the Aus guys took the largest pay cut up to 27%, and are still fighting for even COL increases, they pay exorbitant income tax to fund the revolving door of Prime Ministers and incompetent government, and receive none of the other benefits many of us get in hk.
Let's see the "no Aus bases" wedge for what it is.
Generated to induce in-fighting while the smoke and mirrors campaign continues.