fade to grey - always best to read what is said rather than what is not. No one wants Astraeus's employees to be out of a job. What people want is for Astraeus's employees to have a top job - it currently is not and that is no one's interests other than a few key managers/owners. Regarding ex-wives, sorry to disappoint - I am 50 next month, have known my lovely wife since I was 19 and there has never been anyone else. All very boring but there you have it.
Rainboe - toxic as you say. Sorry you had a bad flight with easyJet - cannot imagine any other airline on this earth ever having a miscalculation with over-selling at any time. We must be the only airline who has ever had that happen to them. I daresay we have all had our difficult moments with individual airlines, but wiser people than you or I would probably not base their entire opinion on a bad flight. Once again it always best to respond to what is said rather than what is not. No one is saying easyJet is perfect - we have our battles going on behind the scenes like many other airlines right now. What I am saying is that the Astraeus A320 contract is rubbish - if you are unable to see that then we will have to disagree.
Doug the Head - take a chill pill mate. You are becoming a sad bloke. My advice to you is just go. Leave the easyJet you hate, the people like me you despise, the colleagues that drive you nuts, the managers you loathe. It is so easy - just contact Astraeus and they will undoubtedly give you that job of your dreams. Then you can do as many have before you and look out at the Orange hoardes taking over Gatwick and rant forth about them. Sadly, like numerous others who have left in anger and resentment, you may find the world outside easyJet a darker place than the promised land it seems at the moment. When you then try to return, as so many do, the door will be firmly closed behind you. But as I say, you hate every aspect of life at easyJet - you owe it to yourself to get a job anywhere else you can.
As for me, I actually am mightily glad to be working for easyJet right now. Is it the best airline in the world? Absolutely not. Does it offer the best money? Absolutely not. Is it secure? As secure as any airline I know of. We are all taking part in a game of 'Musical Chairs' - the name of the game is to be on the strongest chair when the music stops. Right now the music has well and truly stopped and the easyJet chair looks decidedly inviting right now from where I sit.