The timing of that sleazy EBA which brought in the Qandom "B" scale was the week before AIPA got coverage. A real screw you deal that one. An insider tells me that it was done because of fears that a senior (years of service) S/O from long haul might make more money than some of the short haulers already there.
Pretty naive really expecting them to vote the "B" scale out if it was going to cost them.