For the EZY management (Pauli T and Jimbo P and the new kid Andy H) I strongly recommend reading
"Nuts" about Herb Kelleher/Southwest and
"From worst to first" about Gordon Bethune/Continental.
After reading those books, there is
no way in hell that they will ever
dare comparing EZY to Southwest Airlines again!
(also a good read for BALPA reps as you can quote from this book during the pay negotiations
)
Now that we´re on the subject of comparing apples with apples, don’t you guys think it’s strange that a US company is actually our role model? Usually, here in Europe, we pat ourselves on our back for our "superior" labour laws. Strange that here in Europe the low cost airlines are the absolute slave drivers in the industry, while the US LoCos set the standard. With the usual anti-American sentiment, you would expect that to be the other way around. I guess that our American colleagues are light-years ahead of us!
