Forget asking when was the last time you got a payrise comparable with inflation.
I recently flew with a management pilot who was bragging the HKAOA was going to sign away CC/TB for the promise of 1%. He was p!ssing himself with laughter.
So the question you should be asking is when was the last time the HKAOA got a pay rise without the threat of CC? I think the answer is mid-2000 when the Company unilaterally awarded between 0-3% following failed pay talks. The next pay deal was 2010 which was only achieved following the members (not the GC) threatening CC. Then we had AT imposing a pay rise in late 2014 to try and buy us out of CC. Then we had another 2 year pay deal in 2015 to get us out of CC.
The facts cannot be disputed. In the past 12 years, no CC = no pay rise. Another fact, once B scale arrived, A Scale never received another pay rise. So for all the LEPs who might be tempted to sign away CC/TB for the promise of 1% and a few thousand of HKPA, you can kiss goodbye to ever receiving another payrise. For those who have in their COS that P'Fund is as per company policy, the only thing standing between you and elements of COS18, like $1800 per month P fund is "hope".
Time to think very carefully.