Dollydaydream,
I suspect BA are waiting for the outcome of the court case and to find out exactly how many crew are willing to work before they start looking at which flights will go and which will stay. If it's anything like last time, they will attempt to protect the long haul services first.
As for the salary issue, as you probably know butothers may not, in this job, you will always be able to find those earning more and those earning less, than the published amounts due to the way trips are allocated. I, for example, don't tend to bid for the longer trips, therefore I earn less than someone that does. That is my choice and I have no complaints with what I earn. Unfortunately, at BA in particular, the averages tend to be artificially high, due to massive gap between new and some of the old contract staff.
Edited to add, only saw your last post after posting, but thank you!