razor 27 - when I said, 'good luck to them', in reference to the guys who went to Monarch, I really meant it. I am only too aware it was not our proudest moment and the overwhelming majority of young pilots who left us were great people who we did not do enough to hold on to. Nonetheless, we are in a different place now and any cadet coming out of training to easyJet knows exactly what they are getting with the New Entrant Contract. It is not perfect but nor is it smoke and mirrors - if you choose to stay then you know exactly what you will be paid year-on-year.
And as a follow-up to Thad Jarvis's post, can anyone tell me of a single airline in Europe who got a better pay deal than easyJet pilots this year?