Folks, to quote a line from the Flexicrew contract:
Leave
Leave will be allocated in accordance with the Working Time Directive, no payment will be made for periods of leave. Flexicrew Pilots shall ensure that their annual leave entitlements are scheduled to take place within specific time periods specified by easyJet, which shall not incorporate Summer months.
and according to the Citizens Advice Bureau website:
Most workers have the right to take a minimum amount of paid holiday. This is called statutory holiday.
You have the right to take statutory paid holiday from work if you are a worker. This includes people who work full-time, part-time, agency workers and casual workers. Only people who are self-employed and a few other exceptions will not be entitled to statutory paid holiday
Here is the link for the full load of information:
Holidays and holiday pay
As far as I can see, they are breaking to law, unless they make a defined separate payment on top of the hourly rate that they pay.
So are you pilots going to be a bunch of pussies and do something about it?!?!? I think I know the answer to that one.