CSM's are on a basic of £24k and yes I do think it strange. I know that many crew that did not strike are furious but it is against the law to discriminate against people who strike.
I only mentioned it because there seem to be a lot of people on Pprune that seem to think that crew on Mixed fleet are somehow going to be the most fantastic crew in the world.
The truth is that they will all be very keen because they will predominantly be new crew but in reality they will all develop the same flaws as any other crew do. You will get a mixture of great crew and OK crew just like any other fleet or airline for that matter.
BA cabin crew have won many awards over the years and in general the majority of BA crew are incredibly professional. You always get the odd lazy crew member but if you listened to some of the posters on Pprune you would think we were all a bunch of lazy militants and that is just not a true picture at all.