If they turn around and offer a "better" deal then it is probable that they are concerned about the new Governments proposed changes to the IR legislation.
They won't.
Any legislative efforts designed to roll back Work Choices
will not effect in any way pilots, or any employee for that matter, on the T&Cs the current J* EBA provides. They will be aimed at that segment of society that were on minimum wages that truly were victims of work choices....Labor's heartland.