He said he welcomed it, that they (the CP office) is the front line management and see daily the life and attitude of the line pilot. When talking with upper management many times the concerns of the line pilot fall on deaf ears, in this case he said he himself fwd many pics from his own phone to prove the unrest.
I'll raise the BS flag on this as well. Those CP's, and the one asst. chief co-pilot, (IAH), love to say they're pilot advocates. There's a reason they were selected to be in there. They all say they feel your pain, but where were they on the 4th? Have you heard any of them say the company proposal is BS? I would say their speeches are scripted. Doom and gloom, sky is falling, read the Swelblog....blah...blah.....blah.
You start parking airplanes, you give up market share. They aren't jamming these carriers together to become the number 2, or 3 airline in the world. Don't forget how the CEO's paid themselves hefty raises, PLUS several MILLION a piece for the merger. Sorry......ain't buying it.