There are always going to be people who vote Yes.
1. Younger folks who are new to the game and don’t know what an EA is or its implications.
2. Older folk who just need a few more years until retirement and don’t want to shake the boat in case their work stops/base closure/ect.
3. FOs who think they’ll get looked upon favourably at CMD upgrade time.
4. Capts who think they’ll get looked upon favourably at Trainer selection time.
5. Family people who are worried about base closures at a financially important time (new house/kids.
Most of these things are irrelevant to a result of a Pilot EA vote and if QF want to close a base or reduce work the EA won’t affect it but you can’t tell some people that…
I’ve always thought the AFAP should have a brochure explaining what an EA is and its affects ect. and send it out to new starters so there’s a better understanding of it all.