It's tempting and very easy to assume that nothing will come of this and that he may just be about to deliver some kind of collective rebuke, to be disseminated by those in attendance. On the other hand, since this is I think, almost unprecedented, perhaps there is just an outside chance that he wants, or is being forced, to find out what really gripes us, directly from the horse's mouth.
Even in the case of the latter, probably nothing will happen, not immediately anyway, but if they are beginning to sense the reality that pilot discontent is a genuine threat to the business, maybe, just maybe the seeds of change could be sown here.
I too am generally pessimistic and cynical when it comes to the company and its ethos, but as has so often been pointed out, nothing, absolutely nothing, will ever change by just moaning about it here.
This is an opportunity for the invitees to gauge his attitude, and hopefully put across, in a professionally considered manner, those genuine problems that are causing such unhappiness.
Bloggs.