hold a sec mate! easyjet is going down day by day and is is more and more similar to ryanair.
Of course a union is helping, but I mean a powerful union like Lufthansa, airfrance, fedex, UPS... not the crap SEPLA or BALPA who want to suck you bank account.
Maybe futura pilots had a stake on the airline, and that's why their conditions were very good. At least those conditions were good until everybody loose their jobs
