The fact is firewall, the list (which I did peruse bnefly when a direct link was provided, and that link was to a private web address) purportedly listed the names (and some numbers, that were NOT specified as telephone numbers, and could just as easily have been taken to be residential area codes or seniority numbers), of people who KNOWINGLY defied a ban placed by the CX pilots' representative body, the HKAOA.
Whether the ban is suitable is matter for discussion. Of course it will never be ACCEPTABLE to everyone!
Certainly shortly everyone wishes this matter was resolved, and agree entirely with your sentiments (and btw, I AM "pink in the face") when you state, "It takes a brave man to stand up to his enemy but it takes a braver one to stand against his friends. And for the quiet majority, never forget silence signifies consent."
The direction of the HKAOA must come from pilots the rank and file, and enacted upon by the leadership.
A change in leadership should not necessarily mean a change in direction, firewall - "Don't shoot the messenger" - and it is my understanding that the current leadership is well regarded.
By necessity this has been a war of attrition, with CX management failing miserably in their attempts to goad the AOA into taking "knee-jerk" responsive industrial action.
The needless frittering away of tens of millions of dollars on wet-lease aircraft, the cost of re-training to replace the sacked "49'ers", and the increased operating costs as a result of the loss of "goodwill", has THIS management tagged as Cathay Pacific's most WASTE INEFFICIENT in its history.
Far from being non revenue productive this management is NEGATIVE REVENUE producing.