Gentleman, what a load of b*ll*cks!!! it's not Britannia, easyJet etc that are living in the past. They're paying the going rate at the moment. If you choose to pay for your own training and accept a lower salary more fool you
You lot sound as if you've thrown in the towel, how low will you all be willing to let salaries go? Maybe you'll start paying them for work???
Your attitude reeks of bend over and shaft me
Are BA, Air France, Lufthansa, Iberia, SAS, Britannia, easyJet, Air Berlin, HLX pilots etc etc etc just going to roll over and let reduced salaries happen? Should we adopt your attitude and lower ourselves to the lowest common denominator? I think not.
It's not Wizz Air and our new EU colleagues that are undermining salaries, it's the like of you paying for your own type ratings and willingly accepting lower salaries that is undermining not only the UK pilot workforce but also the pilot workforce across the EU.
I'm sure our colleagues in Eastern Europe are fighting for higher salaries, looking on with hope at ours and not thanking you for your defeatist attitudes. There is no reason for our salaries to go down to compete with their's. The likes of Wizz Air is already struggling, do you really think that a base at Leeds Bradford to compete with Jet2 is high on their list of priorities?!?!?
Show me another low cost start up from the new EU that is looking threatening to any of ours? Wizzair started with 40 million euros and is desperately looking for more capital.
One last thing gents, with your attitudes do not volunteer for the samaritans
