GS-Alpha
The problem is that as a PP3/34 SH FO, I’ll never see the “jam” that you will GS. Not in pay, not in pension, not in lifestyle.
We are / were working 900 hours a year on SH, LH mates were doing 6 trips per month, at the sticky end of a rostering system that gives nothing but dross to those at the bottom. And now redundancy on statutory minimums with the union having the attitude of “we asked, they said no... Gallic shrug”.
I actually don't begrudge you your jam, you’ve worked for it. But a bit of an acknowledgement from your senior colleagues that maybe they’ve had the best years out of this industry, and a bit of soul searching to see if there is anything they can do to level the playing field might help reduce the “current generation’s” desire to take from your pocket.