I will reply to your threads one at a time;
Loc -Out; The sackinggs were political, union busting and desperate. A strike in Hong Kong is AGAINST THE LAW. Scab is not in the dictionary and the meaning is evolving. In our case a person knowingly accepting a job that was taken in this dispute is a SCAB. As far as IFALPA calling for a hiring ban, why are you calling them jack asses they are a steward of your profession whether you are at the airline level or not. Some inconvinience at the hiring stage is much better than indesciminate firing (sacking) 25 years into your career. You must be too young to see that yet.
772 Well...command making skills???? you probably mean command potential. A commander must be able to make decisions for himself, make difficult decisions, all the 52 have those qualities, and then some.
Scott Munro will work again as will the 52 of my brothers. SQ has little to do with it. Once you realize that a majority of AOA members know that there is life outside CX ,are willing to lay their jobs on the line and will see this to the end you ,might understand.
And finally LOC-OUT...
Where to start. Well you might begin by saying that you would take a job from a union martyr. In the end you would not find any happiness in it. If you had a grievence with a company, if you were treated unfairly or if you had your pay, conditions and benifits reduced you would have no one to blame but yourself. You may want to stay at an airline some day, instead of putting your family through the upheaval of moving, training, and starting at the bottom.
You are abseolutely right about divide and conquer but we will not be divided.
AOA 100%
Enjoy aviation
Cheers