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clipstone1 · 10th October 2008, 23:40

well the comparison between EZY and BA staff numbers is totally pointless, immediately you look at the the cabin crew on an aircraft at any one time, EZY 3 (B737) or 4 (A319) so call it an average of 3.75

BA have almost 50% of the fleet being B763, B772 and B744 so that's about 8 12 and 15 per aircraft, so thats and average of 12.75 per aircraft at any one time, without taking into account the fact that longhaul ops require greater numbers of crew, even BA's remaining fleet is mostly larger aircraft than EZY fleet so again more crew required per unit.....

My "other half" is Longhaul crew for BA and had most of august off due to hitting 900 hours and even now is back to 880 ish....

also as well as BA undertaking less outsourcing than EZY, with a totally different product there will always be greater numbers of staff needed to process the on-board product, and that's just looking at eurofleet Y class product, the concentration must be even greater to ensure club and first products work along with lounges, executive club, full reservations teams with business pax wanting to change bookings all the time etc etc.....

so the overall comparison of staff per airframe is not a valid one.....

10th October 2008, 23:40	#56 (permalink)
clipstone1 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Luton Posts: 102	well the comparison between EZY and BA staff numbers is totally pointless, immediately you look at the the cabin crew on an aircraft at any one time, EZY 3 (B737) or 4 (A319) so call it an average of 3.75 BA have almost 50% of the fleet being B763, B772 and B744 so that's about 8 12 and 15 per aircraft, so thats and average of 12.75 per aircraft at any one time, without taking into account the fact that longhaul ops require greater numbers of crew, even BA's remaining fleet is mostly larger aircraft than EZY fleet so again more crew required per unit..... My "other half" is Longhaul crew for BA and had most of august off due to hitting 900 hours and even now is back to 880 ish.... also as well as BA undertaking less outsourcing than EZY, with a totally different product there will always be greater numbers of staff needed to process the on-board product, and that's just looking at eurofleet Y class product, the concentration must be even greater to ensure club and first products work along with lounges, executive club, full reservations teams with business pax wanting to change bookings all the time etc etc..... so the overall comparison of staff per airframe is not a valid one.....