cpdude
You seem to forget the company is already on record as saying it will only negotiate with the AOA. It doesn’t want to nor does it have the resources to negotiate with 2000 pilots individually. Therefore if you want to vote on your future conditions and have some say then the only means open to you at present is to join the AOA. Think of AOA membership like being a citizen of a democracy AND being registered to vote. If you don’t registered you CAN’T vote. Pretty simple really. Every pilot at CX has the right to join the AOA. If he/she chooses not to join that is his/her right as well. Just don’t complain though when those members then vote for something you don’t agree with. You have already made the choice not to have a say knowing full well the company only negotiates with the AOA.
By the way compulsory union membership in HK is illegal so the company can’t and won’t make you join the AOA. It does though have the right to say that it will only negotiate with the AOA and nobody else. You have the right to be a part of those negotiations. If you choose not to that is your right also. Just don’t complain if as I have said before something is voted in that you don’t agree with.