Getting back to the thread topic
Some facts and a few questions:
Facts
1. Whilst negotiating RP's back in 2000 the company (GMA later DFO) agreed that RP's would become legally binding as an attachment to CoS.
2. The GMA/DFO reneged on this promise.
3. We at least had RP's that it was agreed by both parties would remain in effect until new RP's could be agreed upon. This has been accepted custom and practice for the last 15 years as successive agreed RP's have replaced older ones.
4. You have reneged on this. (Unilaterally imposing 3 man LRO & 2 man WOCL flights, dismantling A days and disregarding the provisions surrounding the rostering of reserve)
5. You have written to the HKAOA stating that you will "keep RP's in their current form until 2017 or until new RP's are agreed with the HKAOA"
Questions
1. Why have you carried out fact 4 above?
2. Given that I'm sure the reasons you give will be considered to be good ones by yourself, what additional guarantees are you giving that you will comply with fact 5?
3. If you were a pilot at Cathay Pacific would you even believe fact 5 yourself?
4. What is your understanding of the word "agreement" and do you think that your actions demonstrate either your understanding of the word, the generally accepted understanding of the word, neither or both?
5. What are your plans for RP17?
kind regards