Flaps, we never negotiated the deal with the IR, so we'll never know what might have been, but the fact remains that some of us have lost a valuable tax concession, and the fact remains that COSTS.
Apologies for my maths, I've made a blunder in the calculations - Average sactor pay £800pm, current tax on that £96. Future tax on that £224, ie a £128 difference. That is, I'm horrified to see, £1536. So in deference to your correction it is clearly not Two Grand at all, it is closer to THREE!
Where do I get a Tenner a day from? Basic school arithmetic mate. You yourself quoted 230 working days per year, and that divided into 2000 is pretty close to a Tenner, isn't it? In fact Ive shown above it is rather more, £11.46 actually. OK, it is less for EJ guys, but still over £5.
I had not intended to get bogged in detail, my point was general one that hot food is not the be-all and end-all and that there are perfectly good alternativess to the unreasonable "deal" we have ended up with. I take the point re 0400 starts at NCE, but a local arrangement can easily cover isolated anomalies like that.
The company saw that no food could be done, because it was being done, and they imposed on us an unexpected bill because we didn't think to ask the whole question (and why should we?). That is what I'm upset over. I wonder what the ballot would have said if we'd known the true cost?
Those of us without H & S problems in our flightbags will continue to eat our sandwiches and Tesco meals because we prefer to eat what we want, not fat laden contract food and crisps. For this priviledge we are being rooked of a figure between £1100 and £2600, depending on your situation. And that just aint right or fair, is it?
Oh, and what happens when the food does not arrive? Do we decline to go? We've paid for it. Will there be a refund?