Re: 99% of easyjet pilots reject pay offer
NSF and others, good posts and some fair points made.
When I was CC Chairman, we said then there will be no B scale contracts in easyJet ("Over my dead body" was the phrase used!) All pilot contracts are currently UK based to help easyJet and save them money. We do not want a lesser salary for those based east of Luton, as the company will then try to ensure everyone ends up on this level of pay. New captains will be forced east to take up their commands, then when they return back to the UK, watch how difficult it will be to have their T's and C's restored. A certain manager said they would never do this; in easy speak that means they have not found a way yet....!!!
Just because rumours exist that an improved offer is about to be tabled, does not mean that the problems are about to all magically disappear. From my long experience, easyJet will try to delay and delay and this first offer will probably not be even close. The easyJet style of management is like learning to pull teeth; take the longest time to extract the most pain! Since they have not until now even understood the strength of feeling among the pilots, or worse-did not care, it is unlikely to be solved soon! The airline board,who is as far removed from understanding the pilot market and aviation in general as possible may decline to spend more keeping their pilots on the payroll, so may inadvertently usher in the strike even sooner!!!