OK gents, It would appear that I am a lone voice in the wilderness. Nothing new there then.
The ballot is now upon us. You vote your way and I will vote mine. I may be a bitter, nasty old thing but I do believe in democracy. Whatever the outcome, so be it. Personally I think a vote for the union will result in the company ejecting teddy from the pram and a couple of hundred pilots up the road. In which event you won't have to listen to my twisted rantings any more.
I only hope for your sake that it doesn't backfire and blow up in your faces. For those who are happy to accept their lot in life, I wish that I had your stoic attitude. Maybe it's because I am running out of years and I am raging against the dying of the light, to misquote someone more poetic than me.
Whatever. Good luck. I sincerely hope that fate and lady luck does not urinate upon the rest of you from the same lofty height as it has on me.