Please share with us, To The Moon, how you know the company can show cause for firing 49 pilots in one day. If you are as senior as you say you are then you must have some close buddies in management.
I think that if you stand back and think about what the AOA is trying to accomplish you will realise that for you to get Christmas home with your family you would need a decent rostering deal. I seem to recall that being the first item on the agenda. RR&B, sound familiar.
The company was the one who created the 49ers and the resultant "issue". Do you honestly think that a union, one you don't belong to anymore, can go on and negotiate on your behalf when 50+ of it's members have been victims of industrial action of the worst possible kind.
If you want a decent roster, seems to be your only concern, then get back in the union. Find out what is going on and participate in the process of improving your lot as well as everyone else's.
Bleating on a rumours forum will accomplish nothing, except maybe help you feel better.