The only way the ban could be judged to be effective is if it was stopping recruitment.
It isn't.
It IS supplying the HKAOA with a supply of scapegoats. They themselves have written to the new recruits stating that the situation THEY have precipitated is a saftey hazard.
The entire thrust of this action has shifted from the management (Who, I entirely agree, need a very large going over) to the newcomers.
My first and over-riding objection to this ban was that it would not work, and it hasn't.
My second and very sincere concern is that it would turn a group of guys who, through no fault of their own were put in a very difficult position and made a pretty gutsy choice, into a persecuted underclass, blamed for consequences not of their making.
This is also coming to pass.
Frankg mentioned the 89ers and what they've "Learned from experience". The 89ers learned how to lay the blame for their predicament at the feet of everyone except themselves, and comprehensivley lose their fight whilst clinging to the belief that they held the moral high ground.
The HKAOA seems to be following their example.