I was very sorry to see Emerald go to the wall. There are fine pilots at that company. Indeed we have some ex-Emerald pilots here at Jet2 who have shown to be excellent operators in both seats, I would like to see more of them here at Jet2.
Emerald's problem was AJ. He simply took money out of the airline and never put any back. MOB's one task in the world was to make sure the money was there for AJ at the end of the year. Hence why MOB never took the pilot force into account.
Jet2 is part of The Dart Group which in turn is a PLC fully accountable for all of its financial dealings, including salary and dividend paid to its Directors. These are available to the public via The London Stock Exchange.
Over the past 20+years PM has built the business into what it is today. He has done this by putting huge investment back into the business. He is no AJ. Sure he can operate on a short fuse and sure he is single minded at times, but NO he is no dictator. There are not many loco airlines that have grown at the rate of Jet2 in such a short time. One of the mean reasons is the drive and energy that PM puts into the business, aside from the huge financial investment.
I have monitored PPRUNE for a number of years and only recently decided to post on it. I am sick of all the negative and false comments made by people who have no understanding of Jet2 and appear to simply want to cause trouble.
I make no apology for being pro Jet2 and specially pro PM. I am here because I want to be. Sure I want more money and better terms, but not at the cost of my job. I want these when the company can afford them.