If we don't draw a line in the sand this time and say stand up for ourselves against these blinkered supermarket managers then we never will. The bonuses that these lackeys award themselves are obscene, running into millions - see the thread on the EZY BAPLA Forum. The short term decisions that are made are purely to hit certain targets that affect the bonuses, thereby lining their own pockets while taking the money directly from ours. All this regardless, that in the medium to long term it will cost the company ten times more!!
Our profession as pilots is being dragged into the gutter seriously affecting the long term conditions of all pilots at all companies, i.e. possibly one you will work for in the future. We have been haemorrhaging pilots for years, the turn over of cabin crew is even worse, the hotel and taxi bills run into millions, flights are cancelled due lack of personnel, there is very little, if any employee goodwill remaining, yet there is NO ACCOUNTABILITY - just orange backslapping over latte in the 'orangerie in lala-land.' Will investors ever realise that these people are actually causing this rudderless ship to seriously underachieve and that the profits are made despite their mismanagement. We have about 4000 employees as opposed to Ryanairs 2000 yet we carry around the same amount of pax - Doh?? The time to fight is now & like it or not the only tool that we have is a united front through BALPA. To any non-members reading this, put past differences aside, join now and get your vote - even if its only for a few months.
The lifestyle is fatiguing with possible long term health implications and the terms and conditions are way below our serious competitors. Unless we fight, we are due for another nose-dive with the company's tactic of divide and rule - yet still the front line employees (not just pilots I hasten to add) battle to keep the show on the road and deliver a safe product with twenty minute turn arounds in foul weather for up to six sectors a day. Try and talk to some mismanager at HQ though and their usually 'working from home.'
Despite this, many people want to stay and fight to make this a career airline like Southwest in the States were staff turnover is miniscule. Listen you so called "Managers." The people at the coal face in this company are ASSETS NOT COSTS. What goes around comes around & with your short term GREED you are no better than asset strippers who are ruining what could be a great company making real profits. Not as eloquent as some but my tuppence worth at least.