please substitute AOA with Cathay Pilots
Good point, but you do realize that the leadership has to point the group in that direction, right? That is why we elect a leader. Otherwise, why not just do away with the AOA president position.
I think the AOA is afraid to push things to the point were they ask everyone to take a stand. They are afraid that the membership will not follow. The problem is, without them taking a hard stance, we will continue falling every time we are pushed. It doesn't matter if some take a hard stance, without it coming from the top, it won't do much.
I did not take SLS and watched as 97% of my colleagues did. Even after all the winging that went on at the AOA meetings I attended, the membership was looking for the AOA to tell us not to take it - but they cowered away and capitulated to the company's demands. That made everyone feel that there was no-one behind them as they stood on the frontline.