While I agree with the above and would like to see like most of you a model where experience is more rewarded, I think we might wait a long time before seeing the CAA doing something (they are to busy converting licences to EASA!).
Before trying to change the whole industry, we should aim to maintain/improve our own T&Cs in our own airline.
It should not be possible to decrease salaries and remove benefits such as fixed rosters when the airline is highly profitable.
Are the new UK contracts been made in correlation with BALPA?