I agree, the elephant in the room though is the fact that PPY50 pilots have had winter work for 2 consecutive years now yet the company does not employ them full time as per the contract and worthy of serious consideration, it demonstrates a lot of uncertainty for new joiners and draws in to question if they will be given full time at 5 year point. It affects a lot, leave, pay, sick pay, phi, pension, concessions, loss of licence amounts....... This is in effect the same as a +£7k bond for 5 years plus the initial £7k for 1-3 years.
If not careful the next argument offered will be that they don't have to make up ppy50 pilots like the agreements say because custom and practice demonstrates they have not done it for the last 2 years.... Hopefully the union have a grasp on it
