but the gap is getting bigger.....
4.8% would be a step in the right direction if it came without sacrifice i.e. conditions.
I fail to see how one set of Virgin employees may argue they are not fairly rewarded in comparison to a market leader yet another group may not.
I love the red, but am sick of being in the red (financially) and I should not have to give years of seniority to keep my head above water.
Virgin has stayed behind the curve for too long, each year that every airline increases pay by e.g. 3% the difference in monetary value (take home) between us and our competitors increases simply because 3% increase for us is considerably less than a 3% increase for our competitors. i.e. we get further and further behind the curve each year.
There needs to be a serious adjustment to bring us back in line, be it basic or increases trip pay who knows, I would advocate serious increases in trip pay rather than basic in order to reduce sickness.