ZBMAN has summed it up.
You've demonstrated that you can't negotiate anything with this management team, and whilst most pilots are normally against industrial action, it is now the only action.
Q - How much one would day's strike cost EZY?
A - More than their FO savings from this contract nonsense.
This should be justified on safety and a fair wage - and we're talking a fair wage in the context of spending £50k+ post tax to get it.
I really think that this will be like the banks. By the start of 07, everyone thought their lending behaviour was normal to generate shareholder profit and the risks carefully managed. Then several of them crash - the regulator gets blamed, the public want to know why they weren't aware, press have a field day and everyone "expert" pipes up saying they warned of this years ago. Well now's your chance to make a stand and find your backbone as talk is easy.