Not sure what the number of posts has to do with anything but I only moved to the US 5 months ago. It is a very different pay structure here (hourly, very little in the way of allowances, and little/no overtime).

I guess the question I am asking is "Will this become the norm?" and I hope it won't.

I was actually hired as a baggage handler for a major airline back home whilst waiting for pilot recruitment to pick up again, but I quickly realised I had been hired as part of a new company to bypass the current workplace agreement. Not only did my co-workers disrespect me but I was expected to do more work for less money. Needless to say, I left within weeks to avoid being outcast, and also to avoid supporting the cause. I just think that if that's the way some airlines hire their pilots, it is certainly a way to break up the current agreements... not that they seem too great as they are.