MC,
I know the guy, and he's a star... wish everyone had the guts he has..
The text said: Do not caal on days off, will not cooperate
As far as I know, this was not put there by rostering, but on his request because he was fed up with the calls on his days off..
Same bloke refused recently to go into discretion on the 201 and walked off the bus.
As for pay out calls, a low cost UK operator had some problems crewing their flights a few years ago, and people were offered 1000 GBP per day working on their days off... At least they recognized that cancelling the flight would cost them a lot more, especially on the long term.
Don't think EK will ever go that way...
MR8