NC, come on now. I hate to introduce facts into your fantasy, but i think you need a huge dose of reality.
Every bad decision, every contentious issue that has arisen for the last decade or so has been voted on and accepted by the majority.
Just when the pilot group was getting some balls and momentum behind them to not accept junk from the company, they vote NO to the RPs(i think that what is was), then the AOA turns right around and says their votes dont count, because they dont know whats best for them and effectively changes the vote to a YES, completely stifling any momentum or cohesiveness. That act in itself was criminal..yet nothing was done about it.
Or do you believe that 2300+ individuals will be more effective than one collective organisation? If the 'deals' negotiated, on individual basis, by the extendees is anything to go by, I would suggest that individual negotiation puts you at a significant disadvantage.
Using simple common sense, through the AOA we have received nothing and even experienced a decline in just about every thing. As individuals, some people have organize great deals for themselves...BKK basings, paid commutes, extending, and so much more. And all those extendees have been way more effective than the AOA. They signed a contract till 55, and have managed to extend past that age. With the AOA I have ZERO chance of improving my conditions, by myself at least I have a CHANCE.
So the question I have for you NC is simply this.
What has the AOA done for its members? A pay rise in the last decade, more spots on bases, better conditions of service, better work rules, individually wrapped sandwiches??? Give me
anything positive they have accomplished.