VS_LHR don't be afraid its only your point of view!
The management cock-up imho is not from this pay talk, it is the years of not redressing the balance of wages. They are now reaping what they have sown. Historically VS has been financially raped by the hierachy. How else do you explain the ridiculous lease costs of the Alitalia -400s which were bought, then sold to a third party then leased back at high profit to individuals without much idea where they were going to fly them. The powerpoint presentation made up by the pilot council a few years back was very enlightening to where all the cash was going!