Ok guys, before we are all carried away ...
It is NOT, repeat NOT about the Germans changing their tax laws. It was a nice goody in the past, but things unfortunately sometimes change.
Itīs a fact and we just have to live with it.
What people are complaining here is company communication.
So, AGAIN, I have no problem with the fact that I have to pay tax somewhere. I also havenīt done a UK return, so the money is still to come and I can fullfill my tax obligation for 2007.
Why we are complaining about easy you ask ....
As an employer they have the obligation to inform its employees about such drastic changes. They have known this since the beginning of the year and left everybody in the dark.
If this would happen at RYR, you wouldnīt expect it to be any different as everybody knows that RYR doesnīt give a rats ass about its people.
Lala land on the other hand tells everybody how great the place is, with the people being the biggest asset, bla bla bla.
There, YES I do expect that some information is passed on to its people.
There are other airlines facing the same changes, and their management has indeed informed its people and have even agreed on a special tax rate for their operation.
Question remains, why easy has informed its people at all. There will be more to come, e.g. increase in NI charges by moving to the German system, followed by local contracts. They, of course, will be a lot !!!!tier as the current ones, so at the end of the day we will be looking at the underpaid AB drivers who will eventually have a better pay deal then we do
Read my lips guys, it ainīt over yet ...........