Easy to say you have been walking the walk as well as talking the talk BO. This is an anonymous forum after all. What you write disturbs me.
The AOA are all that we have got! I tend to agree with Conan's comments about your position. I'm sorry that you aren't on the once frozen, now decreasing A-scales and that you are on the increasing B-scales that you signed up for. COS94 is a mistake in our past, we should never forget it, but we must move on. Our aim is to claw back all we can and to do this we need solidarity not division.
We need to tackle each issue in turn as they require so much of the small resource we have (HKAOA). The majority want the lifestyle issue of rostering sorted out first; it's a problem that has been here the longest! Next is proper remuneration for BOTH A & B scales and equal benefits for all. It's not going to happen overnight but it will happen if we stick together.
You are more than entitled to your views, no matter how you derive them, but the vast majority of CX pilots would disagree with your position. This is a fact as shown by recent AOA meetings. If you want to table a motion to test your views you can do so without any difficulty. I recommend you volunteer your time to the AOA if things aren't progressing fast enough for you.
No offence meant, we are pilots together in this.
[This message has been edited by Thrust (edited 01 December 2000).]