What they despise is what it has cost them. Crewroom chit chat mentioned a figure of €500,000 last summer in out of base and off day payments. As more left, rostering plugged more holes. Now the cat has been let out of the bag. Some poor bastard has had to saunter into MOL's office and tell him he is ****** for Captains. I'm sure he is also aware of the pilots attempts to unify via REPA and IALPA. Christmas message.....he'd lace our hot waters with scianide if he could.