Yes Bonvol and Normasars you are both correct.
Didn't the Jetstar pilots squeal and moan and threaten almighty hell when the forced transfers to DRW came? And what happened?
If you can't help yourselves what hope do you have? It's easy to give advice from outside but it ain't pretty viewing.
Fortunately Joe seems to be an intelligent and eloquent person and with that aptitude in life will probably succeed at whatever he does but to rely on self-serving peers might be an exercise in futility. AIPA/AFAP must do something on his behalf immediately. This is a very important precedent being set.
Surely to work as what increasingly seems like simpering dogs cowering at the feet of brutal 'masters' can't be what you folks want forever?