- Living standard -
This is a polarizing debate...
On one side we have the CEPs fighting for an equal package, and on the other expat pilots who know too well that the management's answer to 'equal conditions' will be to bring everyone down to the lowest common denominator.
In the trail of what Guru posted above, would it not be better for the CEPs to fight for an equal living standard, as targeting those 'expat benefits' entails a whole different debate that is certainly not as clear cut as the fact that they do the same job and receive less.
When verdict time comes in court (and it inevitably will), the judges will have no difficulty seeing the gap in living standard, whereas demanding a housing allowance which was never on the table when they signed might turn agaisnt them.