life in hkg is still very fine indeed BUT mr bm### dont be fooled by any/all propoganda.
the aoa spins it, so does the company and so it would seem do your friends the 'new joiners'. there have been issues! late night faxes, 'scab' written on lockers...hell even the aoa has written to each individual and told them they a hazard to flight safety.
... now there is a quality piece of work. full of spelling mistakes, errors and omissions. the 3rd reich would have been loving the spin. not to mention the change of person midway through... as if written over a few days, or by several contributors.
be fooled not. this is an issue! the company screwed up sacking the '49ers'...... but yes many of us agree that targeting the new chaps is wrong (esp when the masses are unwilling to stand up and be counted)
what annoys me though is:
a recent aoa letter in which the assist gen sec states that flight safety is compromised by the "replacement workers". in doing so the aoa implies that the "replacement workers", mere SOs, somehow have the controlling hand or intimidate the old hands... what tosh! perhaps most sad is the implication that their own members are somehow excused from being professional.
having been on the flightdeck and witnessed one of these encounters i can confidently say that the aoa boys remained professional throughout.... hopefully not disappointing their leaders who seem to have little confidence in their ability to do so.
its seems that no matter what the aoa do, they just keep shooting themselves in the foot. roll on the elections, lets vote for some level headed leadership......
finally lets reflect again on the spin in the original document. remember that 35 of the '49ers' were offered their jobs back. the aoa turned this down........... stubboness exists on both sides!