Actually, Parker is more respected than most CEO's in the industry. He has promised industry leading packages. Why doubt that? The numbers will speak for themselves. As it is they are offering almost 23% increase TODAY. Never mind increases year on year after that.
As for medical care, yes, CX does have a good plan. However, the day you leave CX you and your family are on their own. At least the US carriers have some sort of retirement health care package. For the benefit of many of you who are not familiar with US health insurance: if you were to retire from CX today at age 65 and try and get health insurance for you and your wife, plan on paying almost $2500 usd/mo for anything worth the name. When you take that into account, CX is woefully behind the curve.
If they want to expand the US market, and have based onshore pilots, they had better start sharpening their pencils and falling into line with the US majors. Otherwise, they can expect years/decades of strife.