NSF,
Your comments are a little misleading.
the 6% includes a 2% salary sacrifice for the "smart" pension.
I can not understand why the deal was not a RPI + x% deal. If RPI ends up being 3.5% next year (which is not too unrealistic) the pay deal is rubbish.
I was hoping that there was going to be more of push to set the scene for next year for the rest of the UK airline industry.