If I am not mistaken, it was 94% in favour of Limited Industrial Action back in 2001. As soon as we fired the 49er’s, within a year, 300-400 pilots quit your club, Thank you very much. You had your chance back in 2001 and you missed it.
We were very worried after the Air China Aircraft left, The Club would start their Limited Industrial Action. That obvious was not the case. Firing the pilots was the best thing we ever did, as it paid huge dividends in the long run. It is so effective that we should have used it sooner and will be an effective tool in the future.
The Pilots are staving for any piece of a pay raise. This means the pilots will sign off on just about anything to get a few crumbs
The Quitters made sure they protected themselves and other members are in such a disarray with all pulling in different directions. It is quite effective for us to do business at this time.
You see, we own you. What we want, we just ask the club and they convince the members it is the best deal you can receive, so it gets signed off. Very easy really.
We may have to pay Mr. Crofts some crumbs in the end, but what we have and will receive from the pilot group is peanuts by comparison. After Mr. Crofts case is completed, all will be forgotten by the pilot group within a year. From our intelligence, the CPU will run out of funds before it actually sees the inside of a court room.
We are very pleased with our current situation.
BTW, your rosters will be getting much more miserable if we have our way. We are working on a couple of areas.