Having spent a number of years working for Ryanair in the past, I feel as if I'm back there again wearing a different colour. The rot is definitely setting in here at EZY. During the FR days, there were constant rumours of mass sickness etc to make the company listen. Nothing ever materialised, and the results of no action through fear and intimidation speak for themselves. Ryanair have set the lowest bench mark in the industry and every other airline seems to be be in a race to get down there with them.
I've never been a union guy, but it's gonna be a fine line with industrial action to protect the integrity of our position and possibly putting our jobs at risk by disrupting the service.
What I find extremely insulting is that despite our efforts to reduce costs and do our bit for the company. They don't think twice in spending thousands of pounds on 'strategy consultants' to advise them on how to be like Ryanair.
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Reducing employment costs is only possible if EZY relaxes some of the constraints imposed upon it, eg.
-Local contracts:
contracting crew in lower social security countries.
-Standardised terms and conditions for crew
-De-unionising pilots through use of contracting structures (such as RYR's Brookfield contract) to enable differential pay scales and individually negotiated terms and conditions.
If this is the future, heaven help us.