420 HB is right, we are working flat out, some guys 4weeks in a row. The management say we are not short of crew but op's say we are short of numbers. If more than 2 pilots in a week go sick then they have to call someone who is on a week off or on leave to cover...it's getting worse.
We will never get back to where we were but hopefully just the 2weeks on, week contactable and week off without being pestered on our week off. The paying Irish tax situation for European based crew is another bone of contention too...
This all started when our main customer put the squeeze on its feeder airlines of which we are the biggest in Europe.