The Point
With wages you have choices...no time at home lots of bucks and higher tax.
Less bucks higher hours more time at home or something in the middle.
All this about the average being 90k is tosh.
No one wants a pay cut.
These negotiations are all about maintaining our current Tand Cs for the next 5 years.
Those that are proud of doing more for less are in need of help.
No sane person negotiates down.
The A380
The bid system
The slip formula
Wages
Ultra long range flying and the associated conditions
These are the core issues.
All this tooing and froing is just white noise.
Focus on what is urgent and then focus on what is important later.
I am sure there are those that will not understand the distinction