Stansdead, I have to agree with you. If the pay offered is as reported, then it is a disgrace and an affront to all of us. My local omnibus drivers are paid more than that (and please, those of you who are tempted to apply the rejoindre 'you're only glorified bus drivers any way', just consider the idiocy of such a comparison before you do) and anyone who accepts an offer like this is only helping drive the final nails into the coffin of this profession.
If an airline can get away with paying a salary like this once, they will do it again and again and the salary will reduce each time. There needs to be unified, international action against this downward spiral and I'm delighted to see colleagues in Germany and Portugal making a stand. The old chestnut of 'hard economic times' will be used by managements to instill the fear factor in us. Of course, there have been many casualties due to fleet reductions and timetable trimming (I am, for one) but just take a look at your airline and see who is really making the sacrifices and I would suggest you won't see many on the 'landside' of the perimeter fence.