Oh bkany give it a rest. The same "long, complicated, sad stories of how they really, technically, did nothing wrong" are offered as explanation of why upgrades HAD to be accepted to replace the 49'ers....you know, the terrible anti-labour climate in HK..we just had to do it... they would have hired DE captains if we didn't....just following AOA orders....etc etc etc.
"They knowingly sell out their fellow pilots, then spend the rest of their careers denying it." How dramatic! I commend you on your flare for rhetoric. But sorry to have to introduce some grey into your world of black and white - some guys really just plain need the job..time to face realities of the current pilot labour market!