One can understand that a company will want to retain its staff and if people want to leave because they have found a deal which is better suited to their life/work balance then clearly it will add to channexs costs, so by locking an employee in it saves money and is cheaper than paying the extra money or providing the work/life balance and conditions that would ensure that (most) would want to stay.
Pay is something that seems to come up a lot with Jet2 `posts` yet the vast majority of Jet2 pilots that i have met have nothing but praise for the company and its management.
Given their very impressive growth they are doing something right, i wish them well for the New Year
Viktor