"I really hope that all the companies (not just Easy) take a look at the disruption caused by lack of crews and over ambitious schedules and get levels back up for next year."
They won't until you all stop going into discretion, stop working 'days-off', agreeing to the occasional extra sector etc. And that requires a unified approach from all the pilot (and cabin crew) workforce.
While you do go that 'extra mile', you will get no thanks from your management and they will carry on with whatever they can get away with, safe in the knowledge that the workforce will do nothing. All you are achieving is perpetuating and concealing the incompetence and greed of your managers.
The only thing any management understands is when nothing gets airborne on Monday morning - you'd be amazed how quickly they'll come running to the table. Just take a look of the modus operandi of the rail sector workers and see how quiclky the threatened strike by BAA employees was resolved.
