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Old 27th Mar 2009, 21:29
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This is just getting silly. Easyjet is not struggling at the moment. In fact they have done better this winter than forecast and have circa 800 million pounds in the bank. The future no-one can tell. If the company were struggling and management led by example by not taking pay rises, bonuses and generally sharing the pain with us then of course we would follow suit. What THIS is about is the degrading of our terms and conditions whilst at the same time a similar amount (in fact more) is being awarded to the AMB in bonus/payrise. This is not about saving the company money. This is about maximising profits to line the pockets of our managers. The main cost to the airline throughout the downturn has been poor managerial decisions which have been mentioned above, NOT the staff who are now more fuel efficient and hard working than ever. That is all we can do. Go to work and demonstrate good airmanship and be company minded. Most I work with are just that. So in essence, we are grateful to have our jobs, we are gateful to be in a company like EasyJet during a time like this but, while the AMB are lining their pockets at our expense and not benefitting the company, we are losing condition after condition. This is why Industrial action is being threatened. not because we are a spoilt bunch who have no sympathy for our fellow colleagues who are unemployed at the moment. We are hardly that selfish and narrow minded.
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