Lowkoon,
Thank you for that. Exactly as I suspected. The cards CX is playing are like a pair of sixes, but they are flaunting them like they are a straight or a flush. CX will be back to the table because they need a deal, but they want to soften up the battlefield with this artillery first.
Don't fall for it. Stay the course. Resolve to execute CC to the very best of your ability. Call in unfit when you are fatigued. Don't even consider joining training. This fight is far from over. Our position is every bit as strong as it was two months ago with the exception being that we telegraphed precisely the split amongst the membership.
DEFOs were coming either way because the current lot of NJers just doesn't cut it for the long term. HKPA back dating can and will be reinstated. They need higher HKPA to attract better DEFOs anyways. The aircraft being parked (747s) were predictable and planned regardless of the vote. Aircraft going to KA (1 or 2?) were also planned to replace their aweful old machines. A350s are coming as scheduled now. In short, nothing has changed. It is all window dressing.
Stay the course!!!