manfkexsrsrwy - whilst accepting that everyone is entitled to a view, I do not accept that the characterisation of life at easyJet as 'infighting, the crew food issue, the questionable morals & implementation of the fatigue system, the very long days…very little recovery , the some people progress, whilst others do not' etc' as being in any way reliable. With the possible exception of the crew food, which is truly dreadful, the rest is simply not correct. I am not sure which infighting you are referring to or indeed which questionable morals you are considering, but I would not accept that as reflecting reality in any way. I can buy into the long days as being difficult, but the days are not long when compared to people who work in the City, for example. I would contend that working for any airline involves long days, and that is just the nature of the beast.
A and C - I would also not accept that I back all things orange, but I do think that easyJet is a very good airline to work for. I do not think that makes me 'unable to see beyond the orange propaganda'. For example, in the recent debacle over recruitment, when nearly 40 pilots were offered jobs and then had those offers rescinded I was happy to say that it was a disgrace - which indeed it was. Equally when things are good or when there is utter rubbish being spoken about easyJet by people who know little or nothing about it I am happy to say they are wrong. My point in this thread is that easyJet is better than the likes of Wizz Air, Aegean and Norwegian, whilst accepting that some people, for geographical reasons mainly, may choose to work elsewhere. Possible the best way to judge this issue is who leaves which airline to go where. Virtually no pilot has left easyJet to join Aegean or Wizz Air, from which it would be reasonable to assume that in the pecking order of life they are down the batting order of airlines to work for. There are pilots who have left Monarch to join us and those that have left us to join them. Those that have joined Monarch seem to like it, so I would infer from those statistics that both are airlines roughly on the same rung of the ladder to work for. Many people have left easyJet to join national carriers like BA, and virtually none have come the other way (other than those who were kicked out previously at 55). I would conclude from those statistics that easyJet is a good employer but not as good as the likes of BA. That is a realistic view and not propaganda. I have had many conversations on the flight deck down the years with young pilots considering leaving easyJet for other jobs. I have always had a dispassionate view and sought to advise them as I would my own kids. In that time I have never met a single one who is contemplating leaving us to go to Norwegian, Wizz Air or Aegean - I would view any move along those lines as a backwards step unless there was an overwhelming personal reason to go there (marriage, home country and so on). If someone wants to go to BA and they are young enough to get the benefit of that choice then I wish them well. I could not argue with their choice as overall BA have more to offer than easyJet does in terms of variety and aircraft type. My point is that in terms of desirable employer, easyJet fits into the world's airline list below national carriers but above most other companies. That seems to me a balanced view and not one based on 'orange propaganda' - I will leave it for others to judge.