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What an odd chap you are.
Either you have an incredible imagination, or you are suffering from some kind of condition. I have no idea where you get your ideas from, but I shall address them for the general readership...
Originally Posted by FBOZH
BALPA, in an outstanding display of leadership, when asked by cadets what they should do refused to take a position arguing these weren't on a permanent contract therefore, they couldn't be represented!
You have already been corrected on this in the private eJ forum, but I shall do it again here. This is referring to the moment when Flexicrew had an option to sign the Balpa negotiated New Entrant Contract (and get a permanent job) or to remain as indefinite flexicrew/contractor. Some pilots may have been temporarily financially disadvantaged by signing, so BALPA advised the individual to do what was best for them. There was no tactical advantage to all signing or all not signing, so no tactics were deployed. In the end all but 1 signed (and he then changed his mind).
Originally Posted by FBOZH
The contract now signed by all the new entrant is as follows:
-The 2010 pay for first officers is used for all calculations, without the high inflation of the last 3 years.
Totally fabricated. The rates have been subject to the negotiated pay rises every year. The SO rate is new, and was introduced to remove the seasonality that can seriously impair the lowest scales in winter. It guarantees a minimum monthly pay after loan repayments and has been welcomed by our low hour pilots.
The SO rate was included in the first pay rise it has seen.
Originally Posted by FBOZH
-The company has institutionalized the 75% roster, therefore the 75% pay!
Again, a negotiated middle ground was needed to get the company to accept the lack of seasonal flexibility it had legally created with flexicrew. Only a small number are on 75%, and they soon come off it as they gain seniority.
And you are again wrong, we have had 75% seasonal contracts for a long time now.
Originally Posted by FBOZH
Copilots will be working 100% in summer and 50% in winter, working the same 900 hours a year but at a 25% discount!
What company do you actually work for? The contracts are limited to 75% hours - an absolute solid line drawn by BALPA, which nearly caused the deal to collapse.
Originally Posted by FBOZH
-A copilot joining easyJet will not see a Bonus in his whole lifetime as a copilot untill he is promoted. Bonuses were previously 5% of gross pay after 3 years, 10% after 5 years.
Yet again, ferociously incorrect. See the post above for details on the bonus scheme. What planet are you on?
Originally Posted by FBOZH
Luckily, although BALPA has been working hand in hand with the company in bringing down pilot T+Cs, unions in europe are reacting to easyJet trying the same tactics in Italy, Portugal and France.
Actually, BALPA has negotiated an RPI+ payrise in a climate of reducing pay, it has got it delivered on time, it has removed the cancer of flexicrew and given new starter a proper timeline and employed pay structure, it has done a decent deal on the holiday pay and now it will start on the fatigue/roster/lifestyle issues. Meanwhile on the continent.....
I see you are in the UK. Are you a BALPA member?