Liam
It's difficult to see a specific end game in sight except for the one thing that everyone understands - more money. The recent payrise and unforced increase in profit share are a step in the right direction and an indicator that the company know they need to buy some good will.
Who knows whether not working G's will help? At the moment it's just making CC's job more difficult and probably costing them more in overtime. However, it's just possible that someday soon a flight or two will be cancelled due crew shortage that will cause some embarrassment (ie. not just a TPE-HKG that can be easily covered up). When that happens, two groups of people will wake up. Firstly the management who will have egg on their face and may have to do something to stop the rot and secondly, the pilot group who will see the effect that not working G's by a some is having. They then may see that if we all do it then the management's cause will become more pressing.
I'm not greedy but I do think a reasonable payrise is due and am in no mood to help out the company on my days off, particularly after the kick in the teeth they gave us at the end of last year.