flyingbed, as much as I respect your views on the situation, it still doesn't work for me.
I think it's become intractable now - if we, as the pilot workforce, stand down, then we will show to the company that they can do anything that they want to with us - which is what we have done before. If we stand our ground and show, just for once, that we are not prepared to take this anymore, then it might have the desired impact.
Whichever way you look at it, I personally believe it's high time we stood up for ourselves. We might not be badly paid for a turboprop job, but try telling that to a paypoint zero FO who has a family to look after, is losing £700 of his paycheck to loan repayment, and has a take home income of £1400-£1500 a month.
I believe it's the wrong deal, and will vote no to it. Equally though, I believe it's important to show the company that we're not prepared to take this shafting anymore.