Good points well made, particularly by WWW - we do need to keep this thread balanced. I would be the first to admit that my working knowledge of industrial law is not up to much.
However, I do not feel any of the more demanding requests made on this thread equate to the ‘moon on a stick’. We have to remember that we are pretty much the hardest working short haul operator in the UK (not sure about the rest of Europe though). Why should we earn significantly less per hour than many of our competitors? To me we are in a strong position.
To say the least we should accept is around 7% seems on the low side. I would argue that if our productivity has gone up by 8% (we need proof obviously) and inflation is around 3%, then to brake even we need 11%. We do not want to brake even.
WE NEED TO REVERSE THE ROT.
If easyjet can’t afford to pay the workforce market rate, then there is a serious problem with easyjet. We are not low cost pilots!
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