Don,
The factoring is for 2, 3 or 4 crew. nothing different for night flights.
"after the 99 A scale pay cut, they (A scalers) are still ahead of the EK fella that joined at the same time"
probably true of the pay scales but a command time of 10-12 years at CX (plus starting at the bottom of the Captains scale) means that EK pilots will be financially better off.
