It is hard for an outsider to fathom the level and degree of anger that the pilots are holding towards our management. We have been subject to unwarranted attack for nearly 8 years now. There is not a single category of aircrew, or indeed any other group of employees that does not possess a deep and abiding loathing of our management. It is a tragedy that a once wonderful employer made a decision to go to war against their own employees, the very same employees that have helped establish it's reputation for safety, service and reliability. The management of this airline have put all of this at risk, and indeed, have now put the very safety of the travelling public at risk. We are going to take action on behalf of that same public, and our profession. A study of the facts over the past 8 years will show that we have a cast-iron case to make condemning the management of this airline, and the only option open to us is to take drastic industrial action. Our apologies to the public for the inconvenience this will undoubtably cause them, but we are left with no choice but to embark on such a course. The end result will be a safer and more settled airline. My main hope is that the HK Labour Department has seen this managements duplicitous dealings for what they are, and insist that the Swire's begin to treat us with the consideration and respect we deserve. We have provided decades of safe and reliable service to the people of HK, and ALL of that is being put at risk for the sake of obscene profits. Enough.