Fotze,
Everything you say is exactley correct, and that's exactley the problem!
There ARE enough people who WILL join Cathay under the current conditions. I'm not going to argue the morality of it, it's just a FACT!
Therefore (and yes I'm repeating myself) the ban simply won't WORK!
As you can see, there are pilots who can find enough justification to join. As you said, the ban is to try and force the company to negotiate, but it is FAILING!
All this policy is doing is hurting less fortunate pilots by giving tham the choice of missing out on Cathay, or joining as an out-cast. I'm sorry, but no amount of rationalisation has convinced anybody that you have the interests of future Cathay pilots in mind at all.
My argument is not so much whether the ban is right or wrong (Though my own opinion is that it is wrong), but that it simply won't work.
Are you going to keep pursuing a failed strategy, or re-group and find a course that will achieve your aims?