ITCZ has put some less than subtle pressure on the Chief Pilots of Eastern's & Sunstate but in their defense perhaps they are just pawns on the chessboard having being given a shyte job to do.
Shagtastic, pawns or not pawns, they are grown men, and they put THEIR names at the bottom of that letter.
The rot stops when men and women use their ability to choose to do what is right over what is wrong.
The threat of a loss of income or being demoted to the line -- is that REALLY a frightening prospect, in an industry where in order to get into bigger aeroplanes, you put your life on the line in the mountains of PNG, having spears waved in your fact in Arnhemland, or being shot at in the services?
No, shagtastic, those men putting their names at the bottom of a letter like that, tells me plenty about them. And if they are Federation members enjoying Federation benefits, they won't be doing so for much longer. Hope the extra income from QF link helps them get over it.
It is never an easy thing to do the right thing. In fact the more important the decision, the harder it is to do the right thing.
Making excuses for not doing so is as old as human history. I am not surprised, just dishearted to discover the true nature of the CP's of these organisations.