That will hopefully change if the union grows a back bone.
There's been no better time in history to be fighting for a pay rise. There are labour shortages all around and there are plenty of pilot jobs around. Come EBA time VA pilots should be fighting for that 20% pay cut back plus inflation over the last few years. It should be a significant pay bump to get them back to where they should be. I imagine industrial action will be well and truly on the cards for the pilots to get what they want.