In the final analysis, anything anyone (including me) says on an interweb forum plus a couple of bucks gets you a cup of coffee. These individuals, however, have been very careful to present their statement and website as a formal, official rebuttal to the MEC decision. “They” are presenting themselves as a wide coalition of our peers. How can we sure? Make yourselves known.
I did laugh about the ORD walkaround in the snow, yada, yada, though. Simply because I did a few of those as S/O back in the day. I guess I could have made the claim I was on a “C scale” back then?????