GTC56,
I think the entire argument of comparing based salaries to HK is a waste of bandwidth. With 20 plus years of benchmarking and all the horse-trading changes due to retirement ages, all the various salaries are fairly disconnected.
No argument from me regarding the shoddy treatment of COS08 in the US. I don't blame the HKAOA as I seem to recall Richard Hall's fingerprints were all over it (as with Paris, COS08/RA65, HKPA, the ADL Instructors and nearly ever other recent f$ck-up).
I admire the small group of US FOs that stood up over BPP/RA and I think USAOA played their limited hand pretty well, particularly exploiting Kincare in California. Don't know much about the litigation recently launched, however I can understand why some of the based guys don't like it. But I guess it's a sad reflection of the relationship that management have created, that I cheer anyone taking on their nonsense.
Genuinely, I wish all the based pilots well.... a rising tide hopefully floats all boats.