Orange Tree you seem to be a bit lost. What Yabaduu has pointed out is all true. With regards to the negotiation date regarding MAD, the company decided to put the date they felt like, even though BALPA was completely against it. Why should there be a different pay review date when the MAD pilots (about 85-90% of them) come from the UK? By doing so the company has given those pilots an effective pay cut.
Since you mention the productivity bonus lets talk about it. Do you even know what the bonus is going to be based on next year, or the year after? No. You just have not got a clue. Not even the company knows what they are going to base the bonus on. In addition, this year bonus is hardly going to mean anything since is pro-rata. So 10% of your salary for four months (which is when we were force to sign to the Spanish Contract) at 43% tax, you tell me how much would that be. And then you compare to your pay rise, sector pay, pension...
But since you brought those things up lets not forget the loyalty bonus is now fixed on the UK contract, and it adds up on to the pension. Whereas on the Spanish contract it is still dependant on the company earning profits. Not to say that the pension part we will never get it since we have no pension.
