Dear Tony,
That pretty well sums it up perfectly, Management treat us , the aircrew , with disdain and will continue to do so because we have allowed them to.
It's similar to the battered wife who convinces herself that she must be in the wrong and things will get better if she tries just a bit harder. Please don't flame me , its an analogy not a commentary on battered women .
Until we grow a backbone and push back really hard. Until we make our presence felt, until we make it hurt, the current disregard for the crew will continue.
A manager once said many years ago that the cuts would continue until we pushed back. Well clearly we haven't pushed back yet
I don't care if management award themselves a pay rise providing and this is important everyone gets the same percentage increase . I would be happy with a 34 to 135% increase in pay . Obviously the latter figure would make me happier .