Stan..... I would have to agree with you that I have seen the good side of things. Nonetheless, it has been good and like most of the pilots at Gatwick I am very happy with my lot.
There is no doubt that you were in easyJet when the rostering was terrible and all sorts of rostering problems existed which significantly exhasted good will. Nevertheless that was in the past and my point is that we should recognise that a genuine desire exists on behalf of the company to put right the problems of the past. Like you I have concerns over the potential loss of leave that 5/2-5/4 will bring but I do see that we will gain stability. Nothing is ever perfect, and there will no doubt be difficulties but nothing that cannot be ironed out.
I come back to my original assertion that there are not many LTN/EDI pilots on this thread saying how terrible 5/2-5/4 has been. I am completely open to hearing adverse publicity if that is the case but at this juncture I do not seem to be hearing much negative talk on the subject.