i believe that a 4.8% increase yr1 followed by yr2 and yr3 at rpi is the MINIMUM which would be acceptable.
i've been with va 18 yrs and every year i've been waiting for acceptable wage increases.
A point not raised in this dicussion is perhaps VA has only made money in the past on the back of low wages.A decent increase would perhaps lead to a restructuring of the airline.(i find it incredible to hear BA is set to post 10% profit even after strike action and a fine to take care of.)Many other airlines are posting good figures as well.Why not us? We could be much leaner and pay proper wages.Tesco's make redundencies every 2 years to keep them ahead of the competition yet post good results each year.