thank you for your patience Blue Eagle.
if i may just briefly reply to amos and Kaptin M. i have informed crew of my position re: the AOA and in a number of cases thus far, they have been very sympathetic. i don't desire any contact with the present leadership of the AOA so , as such, they would only be aware of my position through heresay. as for joining the union under the present circumstances - " i don't think so!"
kaptin M, you are indeed a lost soul with,IMHO, a huge chip on your shoulder. you were going to give the AFAP the flick and join the company, like many of your companions did. but what happened? you lost your nerve and crumpled under union pressure to stay out. i would suggest you were probably the victim of peer group pressure and now you resent that decision and everyone but your own good self is to blame. we all make mistakes, you must be man enough to realise your mistake and never allow yourself to be ruled by a union again. stand up for your own "gut feelings" i would guess you realised early in the piece the AFAP's fight was futile in it's present form but you allowed them to dictate to you and it all turned to sh!te.this is what i was trying to impart to amos - it was not so much the Cathay pilots having balls, but whether or not they could stand up to a union leading them into oblivion. of course we, the replacement workers ( or for you Kapin M - scabs) will get the blame for dividing a union bit i am afraid the division was there many, many months before we joined. as with the ansett/ taa management, the CX management did not come down in the last shower !