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Old 19th Jan 2003, 10:27
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Lord Fulmer
 
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Don't, What a load of bull.

If you had bothered to research this you would what the facts are.

1. This is not about money. The salaries that we are paid are reasonable.
Yes we are paid to fly a maximum of 900 hours a year. Divide our pay by 900 and you have an hourly rate. So what, that is basic maths.

At Go , by clever rostering we regularily reached up to 880+ hours, thus achieving good crew utilisation, However at Easy, I don't think anyone gets anywhere near that figure equaling bad utilisation and expensive pilots.

If the rosters are sorted, people can do the same, if not more hours in a shorter period and have more time off, as opposed to having it spread over the available working week.

This dispute is about putting pressure on the shambles known as our rostering department and changing their cavalier attitude to organising our lives and the readiness to change it. If they were organised and had a realistic working plan things would improve. It is because they are allowed to get away with it that they do. To organise it, just requires some organisation, but at present why bother since there is no pressure to do so. By organising an efficient roster and increasing crew utilisation doesn't increase the hourly rate cost. Hence our request for a rostering agreement.

The times of the flights don't change every day so what is the problem.

2. 55% of the workforce is enough to have a considerable impact on 100% of the company.
Hopefully the management wii realise this, before its precious shareholders sell any more shares, and Joe Public goes else where.

3. If there were any better jobs out there, many would.

4. Air Europe? Maybe. A question for you. How is EZ going to fund DBA or indeed the Bus's. Can hardly go to the City in its present state can it! Had better sort out the mess your'e in first boys, before we can sub you anymore money.
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