FWIW there would be and will be no better time for the HKAOA to strike. Ever.
Think of the BS rammed down the pike in a market favoring pilots. And it has just accelerated. And will continue to do so.
IF you buy into any future scenario, with increasing influence from Beijing (whether through influence of private carriers or government regulations) do you REALLY think they will allow ‘national assets’ to strike ? Methinks if anything were to happen it would be a one sided version of the US RLA. In future operations Beijing will have no problem enforcing a back to work order within the SARs.
So it is now or never.
I guess it will be up to the will of the membership and how they envision their future.