Spad, the AFAP did represent the pilots and weren't prevented by Hawke from doing so.
The AFAP represented the 100 or so pilots who hadn't resigned and they were the only ones entitled to be represented.
But let's not enter into another 'how we wuz wronged in '89". It's been done to death.
greensloped, page 5, is right on; somebody satart a thread onchocolate milkshakes. There must be an as yet unthought of connection to 89. You can bet spad will find one.