Re: 99% of easyjet pilots reject pay offer
CaptainProp,
I think the point is that the pay increase we were originally seeking was all we could expect to achieve given the BALPA membership at the time. The fact that even that very reasnoble approach was rejected by the company and led to their ridiculous offer led to the stampede of new members (In particular the suggestion of a "B" scale for the continent led to membership going from near zero in the continental bases to clear majority statis now.)If these level are maintained, we are certainly in a good position for future negotiations, but i don't think we could or should retrospectivley increase our claim just because we have a bigger stick to swing now.
What it WILL mean is, after the pay claim is dealt with, being in a much stronger position to go on and deal with the other issues such as rostering, transfers, DECs etc.
For the sake of a couple of % the company has "woken a sleeping giant and filled him with resolve."