It really depends on what you define as a pay cut. If you classify a level of pay as a certain amount of spending power, then NJS pilots have been taking pay cuts for years. The current proposal will INCREASE the reduction of spending power. In pure numbers terms, it's a less of a pay rise. In spending terms, it's a bigger kick in the guts.
They're not recruiting, they're interviewing. Beware the contents of the poisoned chalice.
Bocs,
You raise an interesting point. How far should current employees go (if they can) to stop management introducing a B scale?