I am not sure about the tax thing being easy to drop. I wait to be corrected on this but since we work six months in foreign countries, I thought we were liable for taxes there and that was picked up by the company. If that is the case you would be in for a healthy tax credit at home surely. But I may be wrong...
And I am not sure how that ties in with the OETC for Canadians either.
That clarification would certainly determine whether the pay comparisons MAIG copied here are truly relevant or not.
What interests me is the appeal process and the knock on effects to settlements that are finally reached in collective agreement. From what I have read the CIRB were confident we had legitimate cause and agreed the formation of a union. With CHC appealing and when
they are found to lose that appeal, is it fair to say that any agreements should be back dated to the commencement of the union; otherwise the company can gain huge offsets against its' lawyer bills just by delaying new terms with the pilots through the appeal process.