GT, I don't want to play devils advocate here, but from experience and judging how things have gone (and is still going) in other aviation organisations and structures, I don't think we have a hope in hell that organised opposition, or any other measure for that matter, will have any effect.
I don't want to mention names but the State departments and parastatals involved with aviation have demonstrated that the upkeep of standards mean nothing when it gets to the implementation of policies similar to this. If it's true, it's very, very sad indeed
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