The sad thing about this is it is so much history repeating.
41IA, in 1989/1990, I had freinds on both sides of the AFAP dispute. When guys who had joined spoke to freinds still out, and just said "The AFAP will not get you your job back, if you want to work your going to have to join" the imediate response was "You've been put up to this by the company".
Sir, I have no connection with Cathay, I an not an applicant and don't intend to be. My problem with the ban is that I see the tragedy of 1989 repeating itself only worse. You will have two groups sitting in the same cockpit hating each other. What these threads should at least convince you of is that there are plenty of potential Cathay pilots who feel they have justification for defying the ban. Therefore, it won't work. If it doesn't work all you will achieve is to fragement your company, therefore weakening your union.
I've asked this on another thread, but no HKAOA member will answer...Why did serving Cathay pilots accept upgrades to replace the 49ers, when they expect applicants not to accept jobs?