Flaperon777, a gloriously confusing missive, with lines being virtually cut and pasted from southernmtn's ramblings, however, your writings come through with this odd statement, "CDRW.....if you or any of your colleagues had been shortchanged supposedely by the company and had not been given "adequate notice",then they had their reasons! I am quite sure." So its quite OK not to be given "adequate notice"?? Let's get this strait. You get get your walking papers without " adequate notice" - you would address the issue there and then, as it's still on the table! How would you go about doing that? Take SIA to court? Well, the company had it's reasons, so why address it? Hyena and tail come to mind.
I cannot quite see your analogy of doing ones upgrade and having a "fair fight with your competitor". By competitor you mean another first officer, who has also been selected. By fair fight, you mean you got to beat the other chap, as there is only one slot. By giving your competitor a fair fight ( for ones command) the company will regard this act as a great form leadership and command potential. Luckily most of the hierarchy in the training and checking department can tell the difference between "rocket science" and bull****.