"So a fair bit of publicity for Ez and all of it negative, perhaps if they paid their staff properly and did not treat them with contempt-see comments about crew food maybe pilfering would drop substantially"
Pilfering is not acceptable. Given how hard it is to sack people these days I would suggest this was possibly the "straw that broke the camels back" Pilfering passenger food also "eats in to" staff commission.
Although i dont eat it crew food is better than in the past.
With regard to pay, basic is OK, but commission can ramp up take home appreciably. Some who left for BA have applied to come back as their take home with easy was better than BA.