The A scalers joined on the conditions in place at the time, and whilst some have allowed their wealth and "status" to go to their heads....."Oh, chaps, I organised the Reds (Red Arrows) to fly over our village GREEN while we were playing cricket, blah blah blah...", the majority are just blokes like the rest of us.
The same will be said of B Scalers by the C Scalers, etc, in the future....
The fact is that the Company will try to play us off against each other and, unfortunately, many of us are stupid enough to fall for it. PLSBGENTLE is a glowing example.
We will never ALL agree on a given course of action, but we should, nevertheless, be smart enough to stay essentially united and work WITH the AOA to achieve more than we would without them. As for non members, well, that is their right, but then they don't have the right to criticize the results the AOA achieve.
The recent pay raise was below par for the course, but it was ratified by the majority and so we must respect that and move on.
And PLSBGENTLE should probably move on too.....!