It's not a "crappy deal" by any stretch of the imagination. It's better than any deals I've worked under before here - I now actually get to arrange days off for weddings/birthdays etc and know that I'll get them off.
Why would we only be working under the fallback for a couple of months? The company are quite happy to roster to the fallback - they gain flexibility by not having to deal with any requests but lose flexibility by re-introducing 5-4-3 for those that select it. Do nothing for 4 years then it's AFTLs.
Of course there's that court case as well. They may win and get AFTLs sooner, or we may win and get......RP94 (possibly, or whatever the judge thinks is appropriate)
Is RP94 much better than RP07?
No