Sorry to disagree with you, GSL, but the post by CrusingSpeed...
"The dispute between the pilots and Cathay started in July 2001 when the airline sacked 52 pilots who were pushing for improvements in wages and conditions."
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news
I am surprised noone has picked up on this rather well informed statement. \\
About says it all, really.
The CX pilots, not being satisfied with the wages and conditions at the time, all being well above average for an asian airline, simply was bad timing and an ill thought out action.
Colour 'em gone....with good reason, in my view.
Then there was the ill thought out action by the HKAOA to blacklist new entrants...which backfired in the end.
All this foolishness by the HKAOA only proves P.T. Barnam's statement many years ago...
"...there's a sucker born every minute."
And so it seems to this day.
