No dog in this fight!!!
But I would doubt that CP would hire people who turned them down due to the ban, unless there were no other suitable candidates. CP management sounds rather vindictive and this would be right up their alley.
Sounds like the ban is slowly having an effect. However, I still wonder about the people who upgraded and why there has been no strike. Yes, I am aware of the laws in HK, well some of them at least through reading them here, but if all the pilots walked out, CP would be hard pressed to find anyone to operate and doubt they could afford to fire all.
I do so strongly hope, that the union will stand up for those, who turns the opportunity down now and by that shows solidarity. How the union can know who these people are, I do not know, but suffice to say, they make a big sacrifice and quite possibly, with the way the market is right now, will lose their opportunity to pilots with lesser morals.
Best of luck to all involved!!
D8