SV4L.
I do not think that the blame for this package can be given to HR.Our own operations department were the ones who negotiated all the points.Ask yourselves why we only get half the allowance for standby..........post holders and flunkies do not have standby but they do get paid for office days!!!!Housing in AUH is becoming very expensive and it would have been a goodwill gesture to increase the allowance .Maybe you are right SV,perhaps they will only notice how unhappy people are when their shiney new aeroplanes have to sit on the ground due to lack of competant crews.Remember the old saying <pay peanuts get monkeys>Once again the feelings of optimism are dwindling.It is my opinion and i know that i am not alone that things in Etihad will never change for all the obvious reasons.