The BRK contractors just put aside some of their huge earnings to cover the month off: the rest of us get paid our basic and our other allowances ( which you don't need to know about).
Oh well thats ok then. Let the BRK lads bend over and take it. In other words the majority of FR pilots get shafted to preserve the T&Cs of the rest of you. Which is why you and Leo would never accept any of BALPA's rhetoric. Every man for himself suits you - the vocal minority - just fine.
Ezy is far from perfect. You are correct that the cadets who have joined over the past 18 months have been treated disgracefully. You are also correct that BALPA do not provide all the answers, but our CC have done a fantastic job preserving our T&Cs, regardless of rank, in the face of an FR style onslaught from our MOL clones at Orange HQ. Despite having to deal with pilots based across Europe on several different contracts and increasing efforts to divide the pilot workforce further, our Balpa reps have done their best to draw a line in the sand, through proper consultation, that they believe our pilot workforce does not wish to cross. We are standing on the edge of that line now, and it is down to us as a group to act collectively to keep what we have, and just as importantly to preserve it for those who wish to join us in the future. If we don't act together then so be it - the consequences will be dire and we will have only ourselves to blame. Leo can post some more of his amusing youtube clips. But at least thanks to proper union recognition, we have given ourselves that chance.
You might be happy as a pig in
Slim, but don't tell us that all these BRK contractors are happy with their lot. If they are it is simply because they don't know any better, or have been spending too much time talking with you and Leo. The BMI guys who have just joined in the LHS have done so because they had no other option. I doubt any of them ever aspired to work for FR. They are joining because circumstances elsewhere dictate they suddenly have no way to pay their mortgages. I very much doubt any of them will be enjoying the obsolete contracts that you and Leo are sitting pretty on. You might be ok, but for guys lower down the chain it is pretty desperate. You might not care about that, or even recognise it, but there are enough of us who do. The profession cannot afford the I'm Alright Jack attitude that has become the status quo at FR, because it will only take us one way. Balpa with all its imperfections is the only option left.