From the size of the last few intakes of newbies, people are not getting the message..Mack..
As application numbers swell, the arrogance creeps in, hence no pay for first 28 days, reduced salary for several months to almost a year (depending on agency), the removal of agreed up transportation in Hanoi, blocks ingeniously built over 2 months to extract the max amount of flying, but just below the 160hrs threshold for o/t (work it out guys, if on 6/2 weeks, your doing 100hrs in 1st month and 59.8hrs in 2nd month, which consist of 2 weeks, the other 2 being vacation) and no increase in salary since 2008.
So to answer the question, no things won't improve, as new applicants reinforce, the mindset, that it is a good contract in the mind of the Mgnt.
All it suggests to me is things must be pretty grim, in the pilot contract world, when with record aircraft orders, a supposed global shortage of pilots and what seems like record profits for pretty much every airline this year (financial year 2014), this is the best on offer at VN.
Happy Landings..