A sensible and reasonably fair post. Probably Deified one group and Demonised the other though, pity. I still don't understand the rationale behind the ban, you are willing to take the positions of the 49ers by accepting upgrades etc because the Company would only bypass the union and employ DE captains/FO's or use those despicable freighter low lives to do the same thing. But, you expect young folk on the lowest rung of the ladder to NOT take what would be to them the same thing ie an improvement in their conditions? It doesn't compute and is horribly unfair and selfish, let alone hypocritical. The ban will end up biting the AOA very hard.