The rights and wrongs are not that 'important' - someone who is considering joing needs to be more
selfish than that. They need to ask themselves if
they are going to be happy joining Cathay and becoming a management
or AOA pawn.
This is the point that the AOA is trying to make in the warning copied at the top of this thread.
..... HKAOA does not condone the intimidation of any employee. However, if you do decide to join, you need to appreciate that in the eyes of most Cathay Pacific employees, you will be taking the job of a pilot that was unfairly sacked ....... With the best will in the world and any number of rules written by the company, it is going to be difficult to operate effectively with someone who views you as a ‘replacement worker’. ....Cathay Pacific’s Chief Executive recently wrote to all crewmembers on this subject.....and [this] is an indication as to the seriousness of this problem.
Morals aside, I am not sure I would want to be a passenger on an aircraft flown by someone that breaks the ban. It would be a very bold decision and you know what they say about 'Old and Bold Pilots'.