I would love to resist this contract but when you go from full time employment to nothing you have to do something. As a qualified airbus pilot I earn a very comfortable wage which I would struggle to find doing anything else.
So the alternatives are
1. sell house (and loose money) and move to middle east/far east and live somewhere i don't want to !
2. keep looking for a flying job in the uk !!! if i don't find a job within a couple of months the banks will have my house etc.......
3. take the easyjet contract and at least stay in this country till things pick up and then get a decent airline job. In the meantime just accept you are being taken advantage of and working for less than you should.
so there isn't much of a choice, it's very easy to say resist if you are in a job on a proper contract, what would you do if it meant loosing your house ??????