For FLAPS 10 and the "younger" crew members
3 wrong assumptions and you are not the only "youngster" that does it.
1. There are MANY B scalers approaching the magic age and to sign over to COS08 it is NOT a pay cut!
2. You will never force the company to come back with a better deal, it is there train set. You would no doubt have preferred all these pesky extendees to have been sacked, perhaps you will now get redundancies instead. Don't wish something on someone else it may happen to you.
3. I and, I am sure, many others did NOT plan on retiring at 55, why should we when we enjoy flying and don't give me the I should go and find a contract job somewhere, if you think that is a good career choice you can do it.