Busy B, I am glad you can look in the mirror. Don't quite follow you though, bit of a circular argument. We are employed from Hong Kong by a Hong Kong company and therefore subject to the laws of Hong Kong - whether we like them or not. I cannot see the rationale in the hope that this company will cave because some Judge somewhere thinks the company has been unreasonable. The dispute should have ended an aeon ago, before the 49er situation occurred. Scargill remember? We all knew the rules, including the three month one. The AOA was prepared to gamble by upping the ante and this situation is the predictable result. There are lots of unreasonable labour laws both here and OS. In a more democratic environment we would hope the pollies would become involved and fix the situation - I don't think lol. But back to the ban, hasn't worked, won't work and is only weakening an already weak AOA position. Looked like a stupid idea, has proven to be a stupid idea, ergo was a stupid idea. All courses full till late next year, company rolling in dosh, loads great and OTP on the ball. The company will keep procrastinating on the court cases until they are even less relevant than they are now. A possible scenario, the company settles out of court if they think they are losing. Then they tighten up their somewhat lose contracts with us and all in their favour. Most will sign and the company will keep making great profits. The 49ers won't come home and the AOA will be a weaker force than it ever has been before. Some strategy.