Since when do we pluralize words with an apostrophe?
Luvmuhud pluralized pilots with "pilot's" and 400 Jockey pluralized agendas with "agenda's." When I got into flying, a university degree was a requirement. How did you morons pass your English courses? Even primary school education teaches us that an apostrophe shows possession, not pluralization!
On another note, stop blaming the AOA. I've said it over and over again: a "union" is only as strong as its membership willingness for contract compliance or a strike. This will NEVER happen at Cathay. YOU know it and I know it. So, stop wasting your keystrokes and either leave or shut up! We're going to take what the company gives us and lose what the company takes. Whoever has the gonads to take a chance (yeah, an element of risk!), will leave if he's unhappy. Only then, as some of you have said, will Cathay make a positive change in our remuneration.
Companies don't pay their workers more money because they want to pay them more; they pay them more because it's cheaper than training replacements. Of course, the cost of replacements must also include the increased risk of hull loss due to the inexperience of those replacements. Don't you realize that Cathay factors all this into its "deal" for us? They are certainly not stupid. They continue to make profits and have not had a hull loss in many, many years. It is only when their operation starts to degrade that they will consider changing things. This has certainly not happened yet, and, from all the whining I read here and the lack of ACTION, will not happen soon.
Get a grip!