OK, so factoring in the alleged £3/hour flying pay, your gross income might be about £18,000 per year.
I personally don't think that could be called "well paid," considering the responsibilities, requirements and what you have to put up with day by day.
I know I would have trouble keeping body and soul together on such a salary. Perhaps I'm just fortunate though. (No irony intended).
I think to claim that Unite have been "happy" for several years is not a reasonable or logical conclusion. There comes a time when matters become intolerable. To take the nuclear option of striking has to remain a last resort rather than it being the very first thing that CC do. I'm sure they are quite aware that every open job vacancy even for mixed fleet is massively oversubscribed, which does nothing for the strength of their position even when considering a strike.
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