We hope that Cathay will respond with a gesture of a similar nature -- provide the data that we need to evaluate the current contracts.

This is a deliberate misleading of the public by Cathay Pacific, ... no sick leave being taken as a result of the industrial action.

For me he was fine, nothing abnormal in any way. The whole thing's a shock. You don't think about anything like this with colleagues. We know almost nothing about their background. The university is made up of all sorts of people, you don't presume anything.

It's a big disappointment. Although there's nothing legally we can do, we've got to move on and try to get the best deal we can with the roads department.

Strict adherence to the company's operating manual.

It'll take time to go through these pages and then we'll give a response. It'll not be to accept this overtime [offer].

If they don't give us the information, we can't negotiate properly with them.

Completely missing the point.

It seems that they deliberately kept the delays going . . . for part of their PR (public relations) battle and then they come out and sack 49 pilots unfairly.