Man you are SO far off on this. When a "new" scale gets introduced this becomes the benchmark. No scale above this will ever receive a pay rise or improvement to conditions until they are equal to the "new" scale. Do you think if you were on B-scale and there was a C-scale that the company would improve your conditions in future negotiations to be better than the C-scale? The GOAL should ALWAYS be to get new joiners BETTER conditions than what exists currently. If this happens (rarely does) then the "benchmark" moves in the correct direction. Dont sell new joiners down the river because then you are just sealing your own future. WAKE UP