Some support for Beaconoutbound against the very self centered reply from conan.
You seem to forget conan that you and your illustious compatriots allowed B scale! Yes we signed to join on B scale salaries but did not expect the benefits to be so different or to be unilaterally changed between interview, signing to join and actual joining date. We also expected, like you, that our conditions would improve especially as B scale was supposed to be a temporary measure. However I will not go into all the boring details for you.
Yes we have had some very small pay rises in the last few years but we were a long way behind to start with. Do you honestly think you would have had a better deal in 1999 if the B scale had not rallied around and surprised the company as well as the AOA. You my friend would probably have rushed in and signed the contract a long time before you did if the support had not been there.
We should be working together and stop having special interest groups and the "well I was all right jack" until the company reduced my salary type of attitude. There should be ONE pay scale and ONE benefits package after all we do the same job so we should have the same reward.
Just to throw another little bomb into the system. I personally think the company should immediately allow all those B scale officers who wish to retire at 60, only way to get a decent retirement fund, but keep the A scale at 55. We have an unequal system so why not go the whole hog.
Nil iligitemi carborundum!!
(Yes I know it will probably not be the perfect latin spelling or translation but it is the thought that counts)
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Keep smiling!!!!