What hasn't been mentioned here is of interest itself. A lot has been made in this thread that BA new entrant Cabin Crew are on new lower contracts. Nobody has actually said that after so many years (not that many), their basic pay rate rises to match the famous old contract pay levels that we have come to see since last Saturday- ie they will all eventually be on this sort of money. It is only a temporary alleviation.
Actually, that's incorrect. Without being smug, I can tell you now that new contracters do NOT suddenly (be it in not that many or a very many years!) go onto old contract rates. I'll eventually get a slight rise be fixed at around 10k and some change a year + any standard cost of living increases that are negotiated across the airline.
So as you see, it's not a temporary alleaviation after all...