Does anyone know the base pay of these drivers? It might be that an 18% rise would be entirely appropriate. It would be nice to know before we start slagging of the "communists" for outrageous pay claims. And I seem to remember that no-one called the LH strikers communists a few weeks ago (I may have a selective memory here, but my impression was that the majority of the postings on that subject were good on ya LH pilots.)