This is getting tedious.
absolutely untrue - the rest of the company have not been offered the opportunity to have pensionable pay increased, an increase in increments or a 4.5% pay rise.
Neither have the rest of the company had to suffer a 10 year increase in working life.
The 4.2% payrise (not backdated) is RPI = 0.2%. The pay negotiations for the rest of the staff, including pilots, have just started. For those outside BA the last 3 year pay deal ran out last October!
So if you think that a fraction over RPI is a good deal and worth a strike well......
The increments do not affect anybody other than post 1997 joiners.