This is how the ballot result is being covered in the media - from ATI:
Pilots back new easyJet/Go deal
Graham Dunn, London (24Feb03, 09:32 GMT, 224 words)
Pilots at UK budget carrier easyJet have voted to accept a British Air Line Pilots’ Association (BALPA)-endorsed pay deal covering the integration of easyJet and Go pilots into the newly merged entity.
BALPA reached a deal with easyJet management at the end of last month, and balloted pilots have now voted 59% in favour of backing the deal.
The union says the deal sets out a harmonised package, maintains the roster pattern, retains crew food and secures a pay increase in line with inflation. The deal runs until next April.
BALPA’s principal negotiating officer for easyJet and Go suggests: “This agreement gives us a base from which we can work for further improvements.”
The union’s general secretary Jim McAuslan describes the deal as a “very significant” achievement. “To agree a set of harmonised terms and conditions for pilots of two airlines is not an easy task, and this agreement shows what can be done through negotiations, hard though they may sometimes be,” he argues.
It comes as BALPA, and other unions, are set to clash with Ryanair over cuts planned for soon-to-be-acquired Buzz. “This achievement should encourage Ryanair to take up my suggestion that we enter into talks to smooth the merger of Ryanair with Buzz,” suggests McAuslan.
While BALPA gained recognition at easyJet in late 2001, the union is not recognised by Ryanair.
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news