Before we get too concerned with who's going to get payed more, it might be prudent to have a look at whats happening around us as we speak. A lot of folks who had planned to maybe come home early with well earned gains from o/s and happily sit in the front of VA 777 for a couple of years before hangin' up the "gone fishing" sign, have lost a ton of those gains. They will probably be forced to sit it out in the desert or asia and work hard at getting back on track before heading back to Aus. Put simply, you cannot crew B777s with wet behind the ears 1000 hr instructors , no matter how far they are prepared to bend over! This, along with the other obvious hurdles will simply see the end of VA as a concern to anyone.