Channex101, why have put yourself down for unpaid leave, and part-time, but are worrying about your wage being slashed by half..........surely you have just done it to yourself?
If you bother to look at the airline employee cost data, which the CAA have published annually since at least 1995, you would see that we have been earning well above average pay for at least 15 years. The problem has always been there, but now, in the worst downturn ever, the problem is more acute.
Then you say that you may as well strike? Hello? What about a negotiated pay cut, and changes to working practices? Surely a 4% or 8% cut and staying in a job is better than a 100% cut when we get sacked after a failed strike.