Kraut,
First of all, I am sorry to forget about your 5% tax you paid - I stand corrected completely.
I still don't know why you are hanging on to the LTU deal. It only makes the deal look better for the german bases!
Like you, I am looking at the big picture and I am only suggesting you should keep your banners in the closet for a while, the bases aren't split up by this deal.
As soon as the company offers local RPI+0.7% I suggest you get them out. And it might suprise you, but I will get them out as well, even though the london bases will probably be better of through it. Things like this will hurt our position and not the pay increase offered.
And in terms of sharing in the profits of the company - We are employees and therefore paid for the job we do. If the company is making losses you would probably still demand your payrise because other companies are offering them and you had nothing to do with the losses the company has made.
Market conditions are probably the biggest factor in how large our payrise is going to be and with the offer for unpaid leave and Indigo I think you know yourself were we are.
So if your banners said - I want a fair deal! I suggest you change them to :I want my local contract and get the same payrise as everyone else!
Or if you want to look at the bigger picture put them away and vote yes.