Flaps One:
"These crews should be on exactly the same terms as UK crews as it is a UK company on a UK AOC."
In all this discussion there is a spanner in the works; RYR. They too will have a MAD base. It will be interesting to see what T's & C's they come up with.
Regarding the above from Flaps One; RYR has many non-UK bases, and indeed some UK bases and they are all under the same AOC, flying EI a/c, but each on different contracts; well pay anyway. However, when it came to the crunch of labour law I believe a Belgium judge decided Be. law took precedance over Irish. RYR & ej seem to have abandoned the old unspken rule of 'leave each other alone'. LTN, STN, LPL, MAD, (bases) and many other destinations overlap and compete head to head. No doubt, like Dixons & Comet, they are eyeing each other everyday to keep equal or a no more than a whisker in front. I wonder who is the chicken & who is the egg in this game?