Sorry to hear that your 'enlightened' management is still treating you all like yesterday's garbage. Your work situation seems to have deteriorated quite significantly since we were all arguing on the 'Jet2 757 Fleet' thread about the pros & cons of life with Jet2, & I got well & truly castigated for saying what I thought: Jet2 management are total tripe.
Some people are missing from this current thread though. I notice that the following, who were overly excited in their support of appalling management, are conspicuous by their abscence. Where are Trip Switch, Jet2, Pilothouse (I know, he's still living in a Jet2 wonderland as Seer has pointed out), Pol1wx, Nearly Man, Haughtney1 (why, when you work at Monarch, did you get so uptight about Jet2?), & Bam Thwok (I see that I'm now Aileron am I, Get a grip). The one I really feel for is Shuperstar Loadie. I think that you are a very loyal guy (totally misplaced) who now, possibly, has to search for digs in Leeds. We're poles apart, SL, but I hope that your loyalty will be rewarded.
PM & ID prey on you for the following reasons. 1) They are bullies & it's in them: it's their style. 2) You have far too many new FOs who are just grateful of a job & will put up with more than most until they have the hours to leave and/or have paid off their debt. 3) Too many Captains are crap & because deep down they know this they are under confident of passing a conversion course with another carrier therefore they remain seated with Jet2. 4) Your management pilots are, again, weak: they will not stand up to PM for fear of losing something. 5) FOs are not regarded with the respect that they deserve for being qualified & type rated airline pilots (see above for the manager Vs supervisor role that prevails in Jet2). It helps to divide & conquer a workforce.
If you have reasons, other than the above, for wanting to stay with the nastiest airline in Europe then captains support FOs, FOs support captains, all support the cabin crew & you'll have a cohesive unit that may be able to force PM to give you at least half of what every other airline pilot in the UK can expect. For those of you with talent, & there are some, especially FOs, my advice remains the same: leave.
My beef was always with the dictatorial management at Channex, never most of the workforce. I genuinely wish you the best of luck, especialy the BOH staff who are being totally shafted. As for the flying staff, well look on the bright side, at least the paltry offer of secor pay will be supplemented by the increase in duty pay that you're all now going to receive with the eusuing delays in France!
