Although I joined in the year that it was instigated, I recall hearing many of the same theories and arguments being put forward when all the Ansett subsids (A.N.S.W., MMA & ASA) were all amalgamated with the mainline.
There were pilots in the subsids who had failed to gain entrance into Ansett, who were now going to be put ahead of mainline pilots.
Once the SOP's were all standardised, there were a few who couldn't make it.
From an outsiders viewpoint, you're a disparate group at the moment - too busy fighting and name-calling each other, as ALL of your careers are being shot to tatters.
I have no personal interest in seeing this go one way or the other, but I find it incredible that YOU can't see that all of the smoke you're creating with the friction between the various groups, is providing a great cover for those hard at work against ALL of you.
Remember the story of the father, his sons, and the sticks of wood. Because Oldmeadow & Co surely do!