Lord MB (and any others with similar views) wake up and smell the coffee:
Pay - after the first 2% rise:
a flybe jet Captain will earn £21000 less than ej Captain.
a flybe tp Captain will earn £27000 less than ej Captain.
a flybe jet FO will earn £3500 less than ej FO.
a flybe tp FO will earn £15000 less than ej FO.
Per Diems - because of ejs sector pay verses our laughable £1.98/duty hour:
an ej captain gets more for doing one sector than a flybe captain gets for a 12 hour day.
an ej FO gets more for doing two sectors than a flybe FO gets for a 12 hour day.
Days Off - I agree that on average ej pilots probably do longer flying days than flybe pilots, and 5 earlies on the run must be tiring, however:
ej get 150 days off a year, while flybe get 108 - that's 42 extra days off per year, or about a month and a half !!!!!!!
It is the long-standing spineless attitude of Lord MB and his ilk that has lead to the terms and conditions at flybe - the UKs third biggest pilot employer - being so far behind the rest of the industry. In voting yes to this deal these craven management apologists are both stabbing their colleagues at flybe (who are now developing a spine - evolution in progress - its beautiful to watch) in the back and, indirectly, jepodising pilots terms and conditions throughout the rest of the industry.
My NO vote is in - I am ready to strike.