BALPA recognition pays off at Easy
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It seems from reading the info in the site mentioned above that the GO people have a fairly watertight case, will keep their salaries, rosters interline etc. for just as long as they want them! Good for them. How will this sit with the easyjet personell I wonder?
If GO are 99% happy with their crewing/rostering then it seems that that department should be taken on lock stock and barrel, at least not taken away from GO.
If GO managed to make £14 million with their fewer a/c and happy rosters, then easyjets' £1 million with unhappy crews and more a/c over the same period tells a tale!
'Babs' or Barbara as she is known in GO is definitely not from the same mould as easyboss. Enough said.
Barbara managed to make all the GO employees shareholders when the sale from BA was agreed, so they all benefit from this sale.
So some good comes out of all this, let's hope the good bits are retained and the bad bits discarded, as suggested. If only we could be sure that this would really be the case eh?
If GO are 99% happy with their crewing/rostering then it seems that that department should be taken on lock stock and barrel, at least not taken away from GO.
If GO managed to make £14 million with their fewer a/c and happy rosters, then easyjets' £1 million with unhappy crews and more a/c over the same period tells a tale!
'Babs' or Barbara as she is known in GO is definitely not from the same mould as easyboss. Enough said.
Barbara managed to make all the GO employees shareholders when the sale from BA was agreed, so they all benefit from this sale.
So some good comes out of all this, let's hope the good bits are retained and the bad bits discarded, as suggested. If only we could be sure that this would really be the case eh?
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Just thought I'd clear up a few misunderstandings:
The GO figure of £14m profit is , as I understand it, the full year figures. The easyJet figure of £1m is for the 6 month winter period and is after/includes the £7m given to NATS along with 6 other carriers. At this time last year the figure was £10m LOSS! Despite this loss, the years profit was still £40m. Basically, the figures being banded around for easy aren't quite as bad as some may think!
Secondly, those who were with easy when it was floated were awarded a reasonable deal with share options (Capts worth just over 100K before tax at todays price
. Unfortunately those who joined after have lost out 
big time)! I personally won't moan if those in GO get a good deal - more power to their elbow. It's up to all of us to make sure that we all get the best of both worlds. If we can (and I admit, it's not going to be that simple) then the future's not only Orange, but it could be blxxdy good too!
Lets all work together and have some fun!
The GO figure of £14m profit is , as I understand it, the full year figures. The easyJet figure of £1m is for the 6 month winter period and is after/includes the £7m given to NATS along with 6 other carriers. At this time last year the figure was £10m LOSS! Despite this loss, the years profit was still £40m. Basically, the figures being banded around for easy aren't quite as bad as some may think!
Secondly, those who were with easy when it was floated were awarded a reasonable deal with share options (Capts worth just over 100K before tax at todays price
. Unfortunately those who joined after have lost out big time)! I personally won't moan if those in GO get a good deal - more power to their elbow. It's up to all of us to make sure that we all get the best of both worlds. If we can (and I admit, it's not going to be that simple) then the future's not only Orange, but it could be blxxdy good too!Lets all work together and have some fun!
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Interesting, all this carping about the merger/takeover. It IS a takeover and the GO boys had better get used to being shafted. Babs is gone (pity) and her excellent staff relations will be a thing of the past so better get used to it. However, there is a better roster pattern available in Ryanair - 5 on 2 off in DUB and 5 on 3 off in STN and the money's better. That makes a lot of extra days off in my book.
crossfeedclosed - you can keep your Vaseline friend. It seems to a man that the personnel in both airlines are determined to take the best from each company to make an even beter entity.
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editCross - do you work for Go? I think you do. Not optomistic?
This is not Dan AirII.
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editCross - do you work for Go? I think you do. Not optomistic?
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