STN Ramp Rat.
I must say that from a management perspective that's a very persuasive argument and i have to agree with most of what you say and the facts you state are also known to be true.
From a training perspective and on a financial basis CLP would undoubtedely be a major cost saver, however we live in the real world and whilst i accept that the skill of weight and balance trained load controllers / dispatchers or whatever you call them is a dying art and the job is now filled with untrained wannabes who have a high opinion of themselves.
That said there are still a large number of Major airlines who at present are not using CLP.
Just a few examples at LHR include the likes of Gulf Air, Etihad, Malaysian, Jet Airways, Kingfisher, Alitalia, Iberia, Thai but to name a few.
The GHA's handling these airlines obviously in there departments have people who can do loadsheets and these people would also have to become TC's for otherairlines who use CLP.
Therefore Aviance, Alitalia (CAI), Servisair & Cobalt have to employ staff to perform both functions.
Finally back to my initial question where is the cost saving for BA the TRM's obviously still earn big bucks for doing less functions although i presume they monitor Health & Safety.......
So presuming we are talking about the same CEO what is being managed or measured here ?