The one that suckered me was my interview with a big helicopter company.
Young man, they said, with what you are bringing to the company, there is no reason you should not have a command in 2 years. Just sign here - these are our standard terms and conditions.
Fortunatly, on arrival at my operational base, I kept the first bit quiet and so did not provoke the howls of laughter that others have when they repeated promises made to them.
The standard Ts and Cs were, of course the new, enhanced ones that had "special" salary scales, no LOL cover, degraded pension etc.
I wish that I had spoken to BALPA before signing.
OA