Good for the MAS guys,
hapimus 
While some see the salaries as a degradation to those being paid elsewhere, they are - as you point out - an INCREASE for MAS pilots willing to make the move to the sand, and thereby raising the (lower) base line of the pilots from there.
I believe that
Malaysian has lost many, many pilots over the past few years, primarliy because they can achieve much greater reward for their skills in other countries.
The experience drain on MAS will show, in terms of efficiency of operations and incidents/accidents.
MAS will become even more
mana ada sistem!!