Iago, your comment '....allow ASL to join the AOA so they have some industrial protection against exploitation , WHICH WILL HARM YOUR (OUR) CAREERS....!!!' You are joking aren't you mate...??? ASL has ALREADY harmed my career, to a degree that is unprecedented in the industry. It can't do any more harm to me than it already has (5 year delay to my command, for which I will NEVER forgive the management for). The only way to assure the eventual demise of this ill-considered and chaotic scheme is to ensure that we don't make it easy for the company to deal with the situation. I feel it was an error on the part of the AOA to have offered ANY integration, and I certainly will NEVER accept flying with an ASL Captain (...let's see, they got their 4 stripes after base training....where CX Captains only get their after the whole Command course is complete.....I guess the ASL captains are just that much better...!!). The simple fact of the matter is that there is an ENORMOUS amount of hostility and resentment built up within the mainline pilots towards the ASL pilots, and I can assure you that the feelings will NEVER FADE AWAY. I certainly have not the slightest intention of having anything to do with those of you who chose not to join the AOA last year. As for the ASL captains out of seniority.....do you really expect to be accepted as an 'equal' by any of us who joined this airline with the understanding that we waited our turn......as is the case in REAL airlines the world over....? I am sick of the whole subject, and the continuing rationalisations of those who wish to undermine the very career that I was promised by a management who is truly morally bankrupt.