Originally Posted by
rotorwills
Well it appears positive for many UK crew with the exception of Ryan Air. Their policy works for them and they are steadfast with their low pay structure in the UK. Worse positioned are their overseas crew, Buzz Lauda etc, they are in zero hour contracts. Only get paid when they are in the air. From what I hear there is growing discontent but nothing likely to improve as the assembly line of cadets is terrifyingly full to brimming. Cadets lined up all over Europe clamouring to get on their idealistic view of gravy train travelling.
Don't know if Italy is "overseas" to you, but as far as I know the italian contract in Ryanair (aka Malta Air) is not as good as the easyJet one but they're at least comparable.
Excluding flag carriers those are two of the best (if not the best) contracts in the EU as of today.