It's all very well for people from the outside pissing in when it comes to our little outfit constantly reminding us that we are a spineless bunch of wankers! The ID fiasco is the latest in a line of slaps in the face for the BRK line pilot. It is based on two things. Ryanair realise they are facing a crewing problem and require additional 'drop of the hat' flexibility on their crew and secondly, nice little cutback from St James as 1000+ Brookfielders fork out for a bit of plastic with their name on it.
Everyone knows this is wrong, unbelievably wrong. No one from outside need remind us. The timing is priceless - 300 odd pilots are rumoured to have resigned in the last 6 months. That's over 10% of the workforce. It may be more?? However it appears to be doing **** all for us, and to be honest I never believed it would. To those from outside who point the finger, listen to this because this is de facto. We work in a company that is so diverse and so fragmented that the typical line pilot in sunshine base A lives a completely
separate life to that of another line pilot in base B 500nm to the north. We have over 30 nationalities with probably double the amount of cultural identities who all have very different outlooks to the world and the way Ryanair treat them. We have bases on 5/3 and bases on 5/4. People on a plethora of different pay grades and contracts. People on part time, people on full time, people working all the time and people on constant standby!
People who have had a rough time and people who are having the best of times. There are close to 45 odd bases with over 2500 pilots, probably just under half of those are BRK. It is said, however Im uncertain of how true this is, that over half the pilots are currently in a base where they don't want to be.
Get my drift? You try getting everyone to stand up for the collective good. It would be ******* fantastic if we could, however it can't happen. Diversity has killed it. This ID mess is something that invariably will end in acceptance on behalf of the pilots, because they can do damn all else. I'm not saying that is right, by far - no way! However for those refusing, the memos only get harsher and the threats of consequence greater. I know people on BRK contracts who have tried to fight on principle. They lost their jobs! I'm not !!!!ting you!
As I say, it's all fine and dandy for those well principled folks from the outside pissing in. People who have had enough simply leave because what else is there? I wish every one of my previous colleagues well.