Independent
I'm not suggesting that we try to be independent of all the interests of the HKAOA but AOAAustralia is mandated to be free of overseas influence - 4 HKAOA out of 4 negotiators is not that!
If you buy a house, the buyer and seller cannot use the same solicitor to represent them - conflict of interests. I am saying that we need some representative who is going to be only interested in the position of us Aussie pilots. At present, the 2 pilot negotiators have to bear in mind the HKAOA and the HKAOA employees have to consider the effects of HKAOA, AOACanada, AOA members in Mongolia etc.
By all means have the 2 Gen Secs of the HKAOA sitting at the table - I'm sure that Dolan has the most experience of any of the negotiators in dealing with multinationals but we must make sure we don't have the farm given away to protect any other interest group.
Go independent!