At least easyJet has a route to a perm. contract, some of which are very nice indeed and nothing like the above.
I'm in the orange land and very happy, glad i'm not still flexi crew but it IS what they signed up for and if people really don't know what to expect then they should do a bit more reading!
Yes, it's not nice, but people are aware of the facts before the join up, i certainly was.