I do not think it is a factual statement to say that easyJet have no intention of giving permanent pilot contracts any time soon in the UK. There is about to be a period of intense negotiation between BALPA and the easyJet management to thrash out some deal on the subject. Until that is sorted, the management are understandably holding their trump card (flexicrew contracts) close to their chest. This is arguably the biggest issue facing easyJet pilots right now and it is going to be messy. In essence, the management want to trade permanent contracts for 'flexibility' - whatever that means. There will be a lot of horse-trading and we need to go in fighting in order to win this. This is one we should never, ever have allowed to happen and it is now a really hard one to fight. Nonetheless, there are numerous pilots willing to go on strike to sort this should the need arise. We simply have no choice but to go all the way on this - my impression is that at last most pilots are waking up to the clear and present danger they face if the situation is left unchallenged.