Facts not Focus.
Many of us have been thru this sort of thing before both in this company and previous employers. The current tactics by the company are well known and rehearsed. They are not original, just outdated colonial bullying strategies, denounced by serious business practices the world over. So fear not.
What we need to do is act and act immediately.
1. The President and full Committee should offer their resignations immediately in preparation for a war council. Totally ineffective and ill equipped to negotiate the union should now employ professional negotiators to represent us.( Ryanair pilots took this action today ). Having not made a statement to date is inexcusable. And not a single disciplinary action has been taken against members ignoring the training ban.This shows weakness and poor leadership. Originally a video club and now a cheap source of loss of licence cover the HKAOA is not fit for purpose.
2. Our local pilot colleagues will not support any industrial action. So count them out.
3. The Second officers are wet behind the ears and just glad not to be bush flying in Papua. Unless someone creates an App to tell them how to protect their careers they have little idea what to do. Count them out.
4. Based pilots and KA pilots will be targeted next year if the current plans succeed. Divide and conquer. Count them out.
This leaves the HKG based pilots with 10 years or more invested in CX to do the work.
It goes without saying that the threat of any new terms will cause significant stress and warrant significant time off for every pilot affected.
A statement in the local press today, giving advance notice to the traveling public that there are very likely to be major service disruptions over the busy Christmas holidays is a given.
Captains should think long and hard before giving sectors away. Recency would then have to be rostered in the sims.
The list of positive action is endless, legal and needed NOW. The leadership so lacking from the AOA is out there, we just need to
turn the key.