During initial talks held to restore the crew food provision, management promised to instruct their suppliers to restore the provision to its previous standard and to address the service failures that pilots encounter on a regular basis. When this commitment was not met, BALPA raised a formal 'failure to agree' on the issue and the company this time committed in writing to restoring the previous standard within 6 weeks to settle the failure to agree. Unfortunately this commitment was also not met.

It has always been the desire of the ePG to resolve this issue without it escalating to a formal dispute, but there is genuine disappointment that two public commitments from easyJet management have not been met and we now see this as an issue of trust that goes right to the core of the employer/employee relationship.

Members will be kept apprised of the progress of the talks and the response to the demands placed on easyJet. For further details please read the latest ePG-BALPA newsletter.