Word through the grapevine is that EZY flexicrew UK employees have been offered the opportunity of a permanent contract now, based in Berlin Tegel for a minimum of three years on a local contract, with a salary of 40,000 euros per year. When the offer was taken to the union in Germany they explained on the current contract in place there, an FO with the company for three years would take home 98,000 euros and under no circumstances to accept this offer as this was an underhand tactic trying to undermine the German union by implementing UK pilots on separate local contracts in order to drive down the current T and C`s in place.
The offer has subsequently been retracted as apparently Phil Smallwood is very angry at the fact the offer was disclosed to the German union, which the pilots in question were perfectly entitled to do. Angry! I suspect the emotion he should be looking for is embarassment that such a ridiculous offer was ever tabled
. Anyone with further information please post as these methods employed by EZY should be heard by all in order that they can fully appreciate the audacity of the EZY management.