Silverhawk,
By trying to force us down the TGWU route you are going to place us in the same negotiating pot as cabin crew and office staff. How much have they spent on training etc? How does their job compare to ours? How can their jobs been linked to ours apart from the fact that we get airborne when we go to work? Are we now semi skilled or are you after down grading to semi skilled (after all that’s who the TGWU on the whole represent manual and semi skilled workers)? Why should we move away from a dedicated union that is already in place for pilots?
Come up with sensible answers to these questions and I may look at joining the TGWU.
Silverhawk you posted
‘Seems like a good deal at Easy now, but how long has it taken? Easy pushed to the brink over such a long time and they were allowed to. That pay rise doesn't look quite so rosy once it is recognised the timescale since the last decent rise. Very similar scenario to Netjets in US’
Just how long has it taken?
Will the TGWU mobilise themselves any quicker?
Will the TGWU get a quicker improvement in our conditions?
Which union assisted easy with getting this current deal?
These are a few of the many many questions that need answering.
If we go down the TGWU route I can guarantee that in a year’s time nothing and I mean nothing will have changed.
Silverhawk,
This is not a personal issue between us this is trying to get the pilot community the right deal and proper T&C’s.
I may have said that you are naïve this was not personnel insult but an observation, I still believe that you are, your mind is set and your decision made up that you are going to lobby for the TGWU. Good luck but the words ‘told you so’ spring to mind.
I hope you don’t have a conscience because you going to lead the Jet2 pilot community into the managements hands like lambs to the slaughter.