Easy no GO!
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I really do hope that the merger of easy and Go will produce something better than the the situation in which I now find myself. I never realised that morale in a relatively sucessful airline could go so low as it is at present in easyJet. The poorly managed introduction of a precision pairing crew roster system has just shattered what little morale previously existed. What many people are hoping for is that the current EZY rostering team are cast into the outer darkness and replaced by the Go lot. However the fear that predominates is that in the takeover the dominant partner, well, dominates. Orange culture should be a great force for the wellbeing of all but somehow it has got so distorted that to be 'orange' is to now to represent the enemy. I joined EZY with such high expectations that, perhaps, I was riding for a fall. Now I am beginning to feel like my foot is caught in the stirrup and I am being dragged over some pretty rough country.
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I have been with easy for a good few years. In my opinion it is not a bad company(not a particularly people friendly one) but I have known worse.
In its zeal and singleminded crusade for efficiency and profit it OFTEN forgets that it is the people within the organisation which is its most important commodity. There is a lack of thought and finesse in its dealings with the workforce so perhaps our compatriots at GO should think twice before they give up any of their conditions of service.
I do hope that the merger will bring out the best in both cultures but it will not be without tears I'm sure.
In its zeal and singleminded crusade for efficiency and profit it OFTEN forgets that it is the people within the organisation which is its most important commodity. There is a lack of thought and finesse in its dealings with the workforce so perhaps our compatriots at GO should think twice before they give up any of their conditions of service.
I do hope that the merger will bring out the best in both cultures but it will not be without tears I'm sure.
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Sadly Khasabman, it's my belief that certain key figures do not believe in, or care about, people at all.
Lets keep fingers crossed that somebody from GO can convince them that just maybe its time to move into the twenty- first century.
Lets keep fingers crossed that somebody from GO can convince them that just maybe its time to move into the twenty- first century.
easy come, easy go
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If your part of Easy or Go then the latest edition of Changing Times might help, it outlines some of the things Easy do that will be kept and some of the things that Go do that will be kept, and if it continues this way it bodes well. BC may have left the building but the people here continue with the same spirit, long may it continue. A very strong point IMHO is we have daily, face to face contact with the crews. This has proved to be benificial to both Ops and Crew alike. here's to the future
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It seams that the only care for crew that exists is that they are an expense to the company, not an asset. Until that management philosophy is changed then you will see more of the situations that occured two days ago with 10% of Captains and First Officers reporting sick at a large base.
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Doesn't EZY actually have one of the best staff loyalty and retention rates compared with other similarly sized European carriers?
The certainly DO say this at their famour recruitment "roadshows". Interesting to see if anyone has any evidence to contradict.
The certainly DO say this at their famour recruitment "roadshows". Interesting to see if anyone has any evidence to contradict.
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There is indeed an genuine desire to capture the best of both easyJet and Go and, as paperpusher pointed out, the decisions are already being made. The go school of flight scheduling around crew patterns is under close review in easyLand and following Go's summer schedule will be considered for our combined airline.
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C.U News of my death has been exaggerated!
So far as Airbus qualification goes within eJ, at the last count we had almost 100 Airbus bodies. That should do for a starter!!
The other points mentioned re salary negotiations etc are true but will no doubt be sorted in time.
So far as Airbus qualification goes within eJ, at the last count we had almost 100 Airbus bodies. That should do for a starter!!
The other points mentioned re salary negotiations etc are true but will no doubt be sorted in time.
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The truth is that most of us are p****d off with the airline. Nothing that was promised has been delivered and apart from the steady passenger figures (yield?????) we have cr*p rostering, a bloody hard life and not enough time off to spend the hard earnt money either. If I was on the outside today, I would certainly look elsewhere. Somewhere where the pilots are more appreciated for their hard work.
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There was five in June. Two going two Dragon Air, 1 Giving up and 2 going I don't know where.
Also supposed to start a 73 course, two turned up the first two days but declined to show up on the third day (and never to be seen at EZ ever again). One went back (seem to remember)with the RAF the other one to flying heavies.
I hear as well that a few guys ex BD are ready to move back.... Only rumours of course.
Also supposed to start a 73 course, two turned up the first two days but declined to show up on the third day (and never to be seen at EZ ever again). One went back (seem to remember)with the RAF the other one to flying heavies.
I hear as well that a few guys ex BD are ready to move back.... Only rumours of course.
