At the end of the day it will be the choice of the employee. If he is prepared to accept, be prepared for the bitching that will occur when they see you on a different scale.
Maybe the JPC need to wise up and seek some advice on behalf of their members, but unfortunately the group is so fragmented and disunited there is a snow flake in hell chance of it ever changing!
Mr.Buchanan has played a master stroke in industrial relations on a splintered group of individuals, welcome to the new frontier!