Secondly, they signed the contract, why now complain about it? If you want to make EVERYONES contract better, then get housing for the based guys too.
Just like how we signed a contract for the current pay scale but now want more? or like how we signed for 15 year housing and now we want 25 just for ourselves? Lets face it, every single pilot group in the airline is after improvements to their own contracts. Would you really turn down an improvment to your own if it did not include an improvement for the others? Yes the locals want housing but they have always said they do not want it at the expense of expat housing. What more do you want?