posted by R Knee - I am dismayed to read of the attitude towards the flight deck (from the other thread), not all of whom would have volunteered.
This appears to be a clumsy diversionary tactic to gather members towards a unifying cause (since the main one appears lost).
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I think you are bang on. The initial phase of IA has failed now someone has to become a scapegoat. Reading the BASSA missives it appears it will either be FD or Senior CC who worked. the only issue being, if Bassa decide to pick on both groups you might actually outnumber them.
Arthur Scargill did the same scapegoat thing, trying to blame first the Union of Democratic Mineworkers and then the Police for his defeat. In the end it was a strick dogma and a lack of public support which cost him. But thats a whole other story........ so no more on that one. I only mention it to support R Knees's thought that we are entering the end game and a return to work.
There will be some nastiness but it will subside. In the meantime I'm off to set up my ebay shop specialising in selling tamper proof tupperwear sandwich boxes for Flight Deck staff
