PW sold out every FO and SO during the CoS08 negotiations (if you can call them "negotiations") whilst "forgetting" to get the 25 year housing deal in writing (maybe he got too excited about more work) - all he was interested in was working beyond 55 and he didn't give a rats arse about anyone below him in seniority awaiting a base, type change or an upgrade. Can't blame CX since they saw another opportunity and used it to their advantage.
Good stuff what these two Kiwi guys did but this will come at a price and the detriment of the other NZ based pilots; either through on-shoring (more tax) or yet another base closure.
Same what just recently happened at Lufthansa - a couple of "old farts" wanted to work beyond 55. They won in court and now LH wants to push every pilot's RA to 60 so their own retirement scheme doesn't get overloaded. This is what all these recent strikes were about.
Fact is that the next generation of pilots will always be worse off than the one 200 numbers above them in seniority - especially in CX with so many ever decreasing pay scales and benefits.