When you look at what has been achieved so far, then it really is better to vote "yes" but with obvious reservations. After 8 months of wrangling, it really is time to take the money and move on. While linking this deal to lifestyle issues would be sensible and appropriate, there can be no improvements in this area without more crew and this will take some time. Some feel,, myself included, that time is running out quickly for those in the Orange Empire as this lifestyle issue has been going on for 6 years and they are not going to get much more of a chance to fix it before it is too late. 350 pilots have left in less than 4 years: Get it sorted NOW!!!!!!
The deal is incredibly vanilla in terms of creating a career airline. The first deal, which was rejected due inconsistencies in the sector pay was actually better for us long term, providing the company had sorted out the massive anomilies in sector pay which could have been done easily and for comparitively little money. I was quite impressed and surprised with the structure of the last offer; it provided an excellent framework for the future and with minor tweaks could have been exceptional. I am a bit surprised they would stump up this rehash of the previous agreement without seriously trying to make the improved offer work. They just dont understand it though; this will cost them in the long term and they will end up paying more. But that has aways been the easyJet way: If they spent as much time trying to make money as they do trying to save money, they would actually make a lot more!!!!