I have just got back from an east coast trip and a straw poll of the crew in the hotel, (so more than one crew) was about a 50/50 split. And an fsm who will vote yes what ever the offer as she just wants to strike??...And many of the crew will now be visiting this site!
Interestingly we met with an aer lingus crew who had a lot to say about our situation. Firstly they were amazed at our low pay, but they were also amazed at our disorganisation and that we had gone against the unions recomendations to accept the offer. After our little straw poll they were all of the opinion that we are moving like lambs to the slaughter! And were genuinly concerned for us. (Ahhh) During their little dispute a couple of years ago they all got a very nasty shock when the company (who were also pleeding poverty and claiming they were on the brink) locked them out and simply shut the airline down for a few days more, this apparently lessoned the costs incurred to the company and helped them weather the storm, and this extra time with no money coming in really started to hurt the crews pockets.
Does anyone think this could happen here?
They also had a number of crew sacked for a number of petty things, their union supported the claims for unfair dissmissal and even won a little compensation for some, but aer lingus just didn't seem to care about these claims of unfair sacking, they just did it anyhow! Could virgin do this??