SMOC
take a deep breath . I thought my post was pretty clear...I'll say it again in more words..
One of the stated aims of the 2001 dispute was "A-Scale" for all. As you know some individual members of the AOA suffered very badly as a result of that dispute and the AOA is now a shadow of its former self as a result; so to suggest that to date the AOA has failed to ask/suggest a common salary is fatuous.
The only pilots to benefit from Freighter Pay are those on Management bonuses. Even if a pilot didn't care that someone is paid less than him, the very real danger of that attitude is the lower salary becomes Management's target salary. With the A scale pay frozen, inflation is making A=B; Currency and home country inlation is eroding HK B scale such that B scale FO's are accepting C Scale commands. New pax FO's are receiving something more than C, but less than B on the UFO salary.
Without doubt new joiners on lower salaries are bad news for all pilots; unless of course you are on bonus....