Geddy, please account for the following:
1. What huge debate. No one I know who was/were AOA members attest to ever being part of any debate for the implementation of the IFALPA ban.
2.Correct there is no internal ban......a point that many of us hang our head in shame that an organisation (ie the AOA) that purports to represent us should expose us in such a bad light. Why should the new joiners fight this battle for us? Please explain to me how this is their fight. The common catch cry is that we are trying to fix this problem for the future pilot fraternity......utter b.s.......we aren't doing anything because we are too cosy in our little fox holes....let the others do the dirty work by default. I say here and now this is a line of sheer and utter cowardice and I am ashamed of this stance.
3.Again correct re the wrong nos.......they are even worse with the current membership below 1080 and the numbers of those that are financial at about 65%.
4. "A couple of hundred locals" is a lie, I know it's a lie, you know it's a lie and so does the rest of the AOA body. Just a hint....why not tell the truth if you wish to win the favour of the international pilot body in support of a resolution to this utter mess.
Finally this use by you and others of the term "scabs". When we have our next meeting I want you to identify yourself...."I am Geddy" will suffice...and then I want you to demand your right to strike. When and only when you do such and we all walk out en mass do you or others have the right to use the word scab.....I will be watching for you and rest assured I will be the first to applaud you.....some how I think my hands will be silent.....please have a backbone and prove me wrong.......otherwise just wind your neck in and stop doing the cause more harm than good.