PlusHundred,
As you seem to have a handle on the HKAOA/IFALPA end of things, can you explain why the ban is only in place to stop recruitment and not for upgrades. Surely the 53 are a lost cause because members of the HKAOA have accepted upgrades and taken the positions of those unfortunate 53.
I would have thought that the only possible answer here would be to stop all movement/employment until the 53 were re-instated.