wiz: oh dear oh dear oh dear. Ok, about 10 % of the pilots at ezy voted for the new deal. That's not really a lot. Obviously we have not met, because if we had you would have told me that you had voted yes on a previous vote (not missing your loyalty bonus are you?) and I wouldn't have been able to write what I did about not knowing anyone who had etc etc.
Ok, lets see: I want you to pay me a large monthly retainer so I can represent your interests at negotiations with ezyJet management. I am well qualified to do this, but hey, wait a minute, what I'll do instead is take your large monthly retainer and keep it, and I'll send someone else to the negotiating table who is not qualified or experienced and what's more will do it for nothing! But I'm not giving your money back to you. Sounds like a great deal. Why? Because I told you it is.
Oh, ok then, where can I join?
News Flash: impending vote on the UK and the EU. If you are a UK citizen we would like to inform you that this vote is only your business (despite changes to the law that will impact your life) if you join an expensive and costly organisation (that you may not wish to join) who will not send anyone on your behalf qualified to represent you but instead will send volunteers who will receive no payment for their work. If you do not join this organisation the changes that will have a dramatic impact on your life are none of your business. Thankyou fellow citizens.
Sounds a bit like the way the mafia conducts business.
wiz, I forgot to answer one of your questions about where else I could go. Well, I could, if I chose, go to Ryanair tomorrow, work an easier roster, and get another £600 a month for my efforts.
But I don\'t choose to do that.