I believe there might be, but seriously Mike, are we saying that this is a good thing? That someone experienced should be somehow thrilled to receive 38k a year? It might work if you were all out of luck (unemployed) but really...
As for CTC having to wait one year, well slight difference between 200 hours and 7000 hours of flying experience! Although while I'm at it-CTC started this whole flexi crew thing, and then we let it happen. History will repeat itself here, only this time it might not just be the cadets they come after...