cxorcist, for all of your sanctimonious, self-aggrandising claims of ownership of the moral high ground in this argument you do have a point. However, I'm curious as to what you would have done had you found yourself in the same position as the A scalers did in 93/94. Indeed, I'm curious as to what YOU are doing NOW to stand against the imposition of the reduced conditions on the so-called iCadets and, by implication, the current pilot body. I don't think the "I'm alright Jack" mentality is restricted to those who you accuse of lacking in leadership qualities. Reading this forum it would seem that many of our current pilots, rather than stating that they will be doing everything in their power to prevent the imposition of the new Terms and Conditions, are ridiculing new-joiners publicly for their apparent lack of judgement in accepting.
Still I can only guess what the answers to the above questions would be because you say:
More importantly however, I am principled and live life with conviction.
and having declared your last post to be your final one on this thread I am fully aware that such a principled person will be unable to respond. Sad really as I was looking forward to receiving the benefit of your "thesis" on leadership.
STP