Folks,
A cricket analogy comes to mind here.
We are about to face the second new ball (in the form of the Christmas/NY break).
We have seen off the opening attack and seen that the opposition are somewhat lacking in firepower.
We have seen off the spin attack.
We have resisted the temptation to go the tonk at the weakass **** that has been served up lately.
The last thing we want to do now is to have a slash at the short quick stuff that is bound to come with the second newey.
Lets just take guard again, and settle in for the long haul - they are running out of puff. If we "take the light" or go off for rain, the patrons wont be happy.
The best ammo we can have is to be able to say that given the shortages, given the overtime, given the interuptions to our lives, we still kept airspace open, no patron was inconvenienced and the industrial action is a furphy.