Not ORANGE
You throw around phrases like "8% pay cut" and "EZ CC only look after themselves" without any justification.
Although I personally don't agree with the 90% pay thing, the reality is that a newly promoted FO gets a pay rise - not cut - to a level 90% of a full Captain's pay, for a period of 6 months. So, don't mis-represent the issue, it's a pay rise, not cut, for a limited period.
Interestingly, the accusation about the CC only looking after themselves was made before when a completely different team was in place. This is just a pointless phrase bandied round whenever a reasoned argument cannot be made.
The CC has representatives from FOs, Captains and Training Captains - by theoretically looking after themselves, as you put it, they are looking after every pilot in the company - just what they were elected to do!