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Mostly agree. BUT a no will make the management look bad in front of the board, shareholders and oil companies, not the workers who have been sh*#ted over the years by said management. Sorry Special 25 you missed the subtle bits.
No one really wants this sort of situation to spiral into industrial action, but there comes a time when as one PPRUNER put "value for money & money for value", is required. NOW is the time for this not next year or later. The changing world market forces and global economic climate will no doubt change enough for the Oil companies and management to say 'sorry' but things are now tight and we can't afford to bring you up to airline salaries/bench marking blah, blah, waffle etc.