Variable Pay
I cannot understand why crew are so against moving variable pay into basic pay or a monthly travel payment. The argument is that you are paid more for the harder you work and you would miss out on busy months, however in reality the opposite is true. You end up being paid more for when you are not working, ie when you are sick on leave standby or a course you wages do not drop and for those of you who have been off long term sick will understand how beneficial this is.
The other major advantage is that with a more stable wage packet home budgets are easier, mortgage assessment and applications are far more straight forward.