As much as it pains me to say it there is some truth in what Benchmark & Imfedupofbleeting are saying...........those that accept the very low starting salary on the Dash as an F/O go in with their eyes open.
Saying that if all the airlines are doing this then there is little choice, yes you could through away the 80K of training you have just paid for and try a different job, but somehow I doubt that will happen.
The bottom line here is that if this thing goes to Acas/strike then this is the sort of response we can expect from the general public who are not aware of the difference in salaries between FlyBe and other airlines and who quite frankly don't give a t**s anyway.
Will it stop me fighting for a more industry standard wage ? Not a chance.