In the Pink
If you vote NO to a strike, then you accept the money and enter into negotiations with VS again in 2009.
If you vote YES to strike, then it's up to either the cabin crew or VS to negotiate again and SOON, or to wait for one or the other to blink during a strike. The company are well aware of the fact that the cabin crew are peeved currently.
Either way, it's nothing to do with Pilot pay negotiations.