So threat of not having any bases open on the 777 due to current COS 08 guys going to training wasn't real? I couldn't switch to the 777 to get a passenger base, can't go to HKG, and had no other choice but to remain on the freighter on freighter scale if I did not sign over.
Maybe strong arm is the wrong term but there certainly were not any great choices. That is also why most NAM FOs in my seniority level did sign over. I made the choice and I accept that, my statement was simply to show that we did make a sacrifice as well. Sometimes you have to know when you've been beaten, and we were beaten on this one.
With that, I'm done with the thread...back to your regularly scheduled programming.