Soon we will start our propaganda campaign and as usually will we have 80-90% of the members shaking in their shoes.
We have the committee in that position already, with them and our campaign we will get the resolution passed. We have changed the voting rules so the resolutions proposed get through with much greater ease.
We will have the members (and non members) convinced it is much better to vote yes for the deal than to have the wrath of us imposing RP07/DEFO’s with mush better conditions in OUR favour.
Negotiations with the AOA are just a red herring, feel good factor if you wish, We just tell the AOA what we want, they sanction it and we convince the members it is a better deal than what we will impose.
You must realize from past negotiations, we get what we want. When negotiations break down or the AOA members don’t pass what we want, we just impose it. When we do make changes, they are insignificant.
The only time we felt the pressure was in ‘99 because we did not expect most B scalers to go sick. We knew the A scalers wouldn’t. Most signed the critical mass within the first few hours.
We quickly realized the power of fear. We just had to fire some pilots and it made a difference. We are willing to do it again if we are put in that position, so take this as a warning. You know what we are capable of. You have been warned.
As for your pay negotiations, we will negotiate what we are willing to pay you. If you don’t like it, leave. We would much rather have long term cost control of labour and slow our expansion, than to have labour cost too high hence the new DEFO scales. Don’t you realize how much productivity that will grant us?
When these resolutions pass, the new C scalers will not be angry at us, it will be at you for voting it in. Now we have three separate scales fighting against each other. Actually brings a smile to my face and a warm tingly feeling to ones heart. That bonus keeps getting bigger.
The Hong Kong Airport Authority will not give our slots to other carriers if we don’t expand as quickly as we like. Do you know what we do for Hong Kong? We are one of the main arteries to Hong Kong and the HK Government and Airport Authority knows this. How naive can you be? That’s right, you are pilots. Too busy thinking you run the airline. “Progress Hong Kong”. It is not as transparent as one might think.
It feels great having so much power over such a large group of so called Professional Pilots. Maybe we can teach UPS a thing or two. For you, the UPS contract is a pipe dream.
Fear is a great motivator, you all live in fear and most pilots have the “I’m all right Jack Syndrome”.
The Management