I'm starting to think that perhaps the AOA is perhaps, maybe, a tiny little bit toothless. The same empty threats have been going on for 15+ years, and nothing has changed. Actually things HAVE changed, for the worse.
Cathay has mastered the art of making things barely attractive enough to stay, and almost ****ty enough to drive you out the door. They are the only gig in town and know right well that the upheaval of dragging kids out of school, tearing the missus away from her tai-tai pals in the plaza, and starting somewhere else at the bottom of the seniority list will keep people compliant and obedient. You will be waking up in the middle of the night hearing your kids hacking their lungs up, convincing yourself that this is normal. Guys (and Girls) IT'S ONLY MONEY. You have ONE LIFE. It's ONLY A JOB. You are ONLY A NUMBER ON THE ROSTERING SYSTEM to them, an asset to be sweated, utilized to the limit of functional failure.
The company won't change. I've seen so many people destroy themselves and their loved ones trying to win. Read the 49ers books. JW had amazing determination, got a limited amount of protection for union activity, and justly deserves credit, but at what personal cost? And what has changed?