Well...call your block reps and ask them to grieve this...
The irony of the UNION suing the company for sweetening the pot is a lot to stomach. IHMO, the company could just say "heck with it" and pull the deposit offer. Then STV the p1ss out of the crew force to fill the slots.
I agree its a mess. A quick side letter might fix this too. My gut says nothing will happen until the bid closes and we see where we really stand on the manning.
Again--a 4k/month COLA tied to the exchange rate and a modest transporation allowance and I don't think any of this would have been an issue. However...it is what it is and I hope for the pilot and the company's sake we get a deal that gets the job done.