6feetunder,
Just to help clarify a few things. The display of votes in favour of the ban was not meant to represent members of Cathay directly, but how the aviation community view this difficult problem.
To say for the record : I do believe the 49’ers were treated unjustly , I do feel there has to be some resolution for the people in mention.
You mentioned “Granted the ban doesn’t seem fair”, again people have moved on because they have taken up-grades , so effectively they have hung their colleagues out to dry. Your words not mine.
The fact that when the ban was first imposed upgrades were still made available ruined any chance of a swift resolution from day one.
No ones forgoten about their friends as far as I know , but because no one has actually made a serious sacrifice for the sake of their collegues , the community view this in a very different light. Asking for everything giving nothing.
There are always two sides to a coin and from outside of Cathay people are looking at the situation as objectively as possible. We know the facts because you guys spell them out on pprune week after week. Unfortunately those trying to enforce a recruitment ban are not looking at things objectively , their only excuse is ”well there’s a ban so you must abide by it”, how can anyone abide by something which is unfair or unjust? It’s so unfair it’s almost as unjust as the retrenchments in mention.
If the AOA told you to jump off a bridge would you? I don’t think so, make you own minds up be real.
Until you all start being real about this , you wont receive much help or assistance from your fellow aviators.
My advice is that you go back to the drawing board – these 250 or so positions will fill up quite quickly , you’ll need their help if you want bargaining power over the next few years.
I’ve been in this game a long long time I’m trying to offer constructive criticism and a point of view to try and put things into prospective.
FAN MAN