Last weeks meeting called off by the company after someone (supposedly AOA sanctioned...but thats not confirmed) spoke out on a local radio station saying some very emotive and quite poorly chosen things about the company and its management style. (True or not, thats not a good way to negotiate 'in good faith')
1 step forward 2 steps backwards. A lot of hard work and swallowed pride, by both parties, scuppered, sadly.
On a different subject: Last weeks advertisement in Flight International resulted in over 700 emailed CVs within the first 24 hours and nearly 1200 in the week, including faxes etc.