Busbert
Interesting....I fail to see the "improved medical" you mention. Having to pay 25% more for maternity on a 3% payrise does not sound like a great deal to me. Sure, the limits have gone up for surgery, etc., but I doubt they have increased more than the cost of medical services have since the previous limits were set - hence at best the status quo has been equalised to when the previous limits were set. Given what seems to be huge increases in mediacal costs in HK, I would take a stab and say that everyone is going to be further out of pocket if they are unlucky enough to require medical attention.
The intention of my post was to highlight that CX seems to argue that there is negligible inflation in HK when negotiating payrises, yet I would consider the increase in medical costs that are highlighted by higher limits to contradict that. I made no comment on the Rightchoice implications to ground staff and cabin crew - personally, I think it also sucks and support whatever action is taken. It is a shame, however, that you are so antagonistic toward flight crew - when was the last time ground staff and hosties had a payrise? This is a genuine question, as I really do not know, but I would hope that you have had more success than flight crew have had since 2001.
TM