All those staff similarly affected by the "new breed" of managers with unbeatable staff travel category (all agree it's wrong!) can do something about it, just like the pilots are trying to do, when their next EA discussion comes up!
Why should they be annoyed about a group of employees who are prepared to make trade-offs to regain some of the relativity lost through changes to what management always said was "a privelege, not a right". Grow up people.