Fuzzy,
Is not the same increase across the board the fairest way. What would happen if, for example, the pilots got 3%, the engineers got 5%, ground staff got 2% and others got 2.5%. All those that got a lower payrise would create merry hell, even if it meant that based on salary it was a comparable increase for all, far fetched I know.
I don't believe there is a completely fair way of implementing a pay increase like this, but if bean_counters right, what then.
And for being on laminas ingore list, so what, if they don't like what is written they don't have to read it.