Numeroo :
What I was tryin to point out is not voting means there are less people to vote for a motion. That in turn means it takes less people to vote down a motion thereby giving more weight relative to the overall membership and over all pilot body to a no vote.
For the record I completely agree with this. Howwever an abstention rather than not voting is much better because it shows that you cared enought to be involved in the process but that the issues was not clear cut enough for you. It also means that the company and CPdude and friends cannot then spin the resulting numbers as well.
For CPdude. The vote is set up in the way it is to ensure that only votes that are categorically supported go through. Other wise you maintain the status quo which is the contract under which you joined or subsequently agreed to (excluding forced changes as we won't talk about those!) pre-dating the vote(s). So if people don't vote or don't care to join the AOA then that works because those that are affected and therefore care enough to vote can decide their own fate.
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