A lot of companies, most (!) companies, in Europe have the problem that they are not running a healthy business, with proper margins, that allows them to increase pay and other benefits for their staff. If they were to offer decent terms and conditions (pay, holidays, pension, proper lifestyle rosters and not where goal is max FTL etc) they would go bust immediately. This is one big reason why we are not seeing improvements in general T&Cs. Another one is attitude. There is a general attitude in Europe that pilots and cabin crew are already overpaid and many companies would rather slow down or cancel expansion plans completely than increasing T&Cs.
Companies like EasyJet, BA, AF, LH, Virgin etc will always get enough people as they at least have the financial ability to increase T&Cs as and when necessary to stressat enough people.
If we get to a point where Small Planet and the other bottom feeders are really hurting and they start scaling back or going bust, the downward push on T&Cs in the “better” companies will start again.
Last edited by CaptainProp; 25th December 2017 at 11:56.