You must all stick together and when it comes to a ballot for those in favour of industrial action if required, you must vote for it in order to send a very positive message to management. Management are either very thick skinned or just very thick as they like to play hard ball to show everyone who is boss, however, bad publicity, due to possible industrial action could affect bookings and management are convinced that us pilots will cave in before. The threat of industrial action is usually enough to make them think. Never accept the first/second offer as there is always a bottom line that they set in desperation.:=

I am sure you guys don't have the guts to go on strike!

Strike in this British Summer????

Remember your brollies and wellies!!

Clearly a well thought out strike this just as the summer starts to wind down!

such a strike would have a terrible impact on easyJet expansion :ouch:

OMG....Give it another 5 years and you will be down to the Ryanair conditions!!...At least you guys and gals have the balls to stand up for yourselves and fight, good for you :) Our lot are so eager to climb the greasy pole that they tread on everyone beneath them much to Leo Hairy Camels amusment Im sure!

I'm so glad i'm getting out of low cost. Having said that, if you get your way easy will be a great place to be.

Best of luck, and well done for having the balls!

MG :ok:

I thought Easy's T and C's were well regarded by the pilots. They certainly have been improving and all pilots knew the score when they joined.What can they strike about it's not like things have been changing for the worse?


Is this thread just someone having a laugh?

What about just keeping up with inflation, and interest rate rises?

identify a working body or an airline or a public sector body that has had a payrise that keeps a salary up with RPI .. you will be hard prsseed

You obviously don't know anything about EZY life. Things are changing to the better all the time on the outside, and mostly on the inside as well, but it doesn't help to get shiny new planes and better rosters if you don't have money to by food when you get home to the Miss's. Lifestyle-wise EZY is probably becoming one of the better places to be, but with the new salary proposal from the company versus inflation we are talking a salary reduction with likewise decrease in a pension that is already too low.

The argument that "it is better than many other places" is :mad::mad::mad:.

And Well with that attitude you can join somewhere else than here pal :ugh:

It is about what is right for the future, not about who is best to work for, and how things "used to be"!!!

Anyway, there are some good brains in EZY management, so hopefully they will realise that it is cheeper to give us what is reasonable then having us all sit on the ground for a couple of days trying to score one of the sweet honeys from the galley :ok:

Common guys!

Our pay is only keeping up with other UK operators (Thomson, First Choice, GB, BMI etc) for the first 3-5 years. Then most outfits starts rewarding their crew for loyalty.

We have a pension that is nothing short of a joke.

At the moment its estimated that ezy has a cash reserve of around £1 billion. Over the past years we have delivered record profits. In the coming 18-24 months we are expected to deliver even higher profits.

Why should we not push to improve our T&Cs, to build a career airline giving us a share in the success of the company that WE have created?

Don´t forget that when times get tougher the company will turn around and push our T&Cs towards a record low. Now is the time to show that we are standing up together, united against the company!

If we fail to show unity now, we will soon be looking towards RYR T&Cs full of envy!:mad::uhoh:

who knows ! MOL is expected to leave Ryanair in a year or 2, perhaps the management will improve T and Cs and RYR can become the very best place to be ! :hmm:
Remember, 5 years ago nobody wanted to work for easyJet, and look at how things have changed ! what about Ryanair in 2010 ?!...

Really? Just look at the current pay talks and the contract/tax problems with the continental bases, and you wouldn't be able to spot the difference between whether a guy named Ray or a guy named Andy is in charge... :hmm:

T&C's for pilots generally are very poor for the work that we do. They have been eroded year on year down to the lowest common denominator. It is time that we ALL stood our ground and started making the powers that be listen. I understand there is unrest at Monarch as well as GB recently. Pay needs to increase and stay ahead of inflation. Maybe it is time to leave flying and look for something else.:D

If you go looking for something else then you really will discover the facts of life...............................

skylion.... thanks for the lesson in life. I have a number of businesses outside of flying and was hinting that perhaps my time would be best spent elsewhere. I think I have discovered quite a few facts of life,but thanks for the concern.:ok:

Strangely the BALPA cc have decided to recommend an offer which is virtually identical to the one which was to be balloted upon for industrial action.

I am confused.

Reading the Newsletter, observe the following, especially the first part. At least my "interpretation"!

"We have secured the best possible settlement without resort to industrial action /which would be damaging to both sides and put other important issues at risk. /

Maybe your CC have been offered some back handers to push the deal through and recommend it to the workforce...after all it happened once before in 2001.

Good luck guys.