quertyuiop - I do rate our CEO and some of our managers as good. She is doing a great job in making easyJet the profitable company it is, and it is her success that is enabling us to be sat here complaining about our share in the Company's success rather than how to avoid redundancies. Sure, we want more of the pie, but the good news is that a pie exists which is worth dividing up. Good managers must first and foremost be able to make their company profitable - without that we are all stuffed. Love her or not, she works 7 days a week, 16 hours a day looking after easyJet's interests. I frankly do not resent her salary one bit - I would not want that level of commitment to my employer. In my view she is a good communicator and genuinely wishes to work with the pilots. The problems we have lie further down the greasy pole.
The fact that we are on the way to industrial action does not mean she is a bad manager - it means that we have a clear dispute about the way ahead. My own view is that if we got an RPI pay rise instead of RPI-1% over the next 4 years and we sorted out the 'easyJet pilots for easyJet cockpits (and simulators!)' problem, a clear majority of pilots would vote Yes. All we have to do is persuade the Company to pay 1% for our profit bonus instead of 2%, and use that to finance the RPI increase. Next, give the cadets a decent basic salary and normal sector pay instead of this 'power by the hour' madness that gets everyone's back up - it would cost exactly the same but be so much better received by the cadets. Finally, get rid of the plethora of 'consultants' who are taking easyJet pilots' jobs in the Training Department and you are basically home and dry. Sure, there are other issues, but those are key ones that will get a Yes vote.