Is easyJet genuinly committed to improving the working conditions for the crews or is the refusal to go to a 5/3 roster merely a negotiating tactic?
To limit the amount of flex (rest) days to 12 per year is no real improvement, this was already the case when they started the 6/3 roster.
To limit the amount of six-sector(!) days on a B737 to 2 consectutive days is quite a lame gesture. Any respectable airline with an eye on flight safety would ban this kind of 6 sectors a day slave labour. On sector six crews are just completely wasted.
Fortunately, jets nowadays are very reliable and rarely break down. I sincerely hope crews will never have a catastrophic failure on their sixth sector.....
If easyJet wants to become a career airline, they should let their hard working crews have a life besides flying.
A 5/3 roster would be a start in the right direction!
Even if 5 earlies in a row is not possible, let us do 3 earlies/ 2 lates or 2 earlies/ 3 lates instead. This will not affect the produtivity compared to 5 earlies followed by 5 lates.
