Redundancies Servisair LGW

[servisairlgw]

The company are looking to make around 80 people redundant at LGW including 30 managers and 18 industrial staff. The union were notified yesterday, but no official announcement yet.:ugh:

[LGWSTAR]

Would this be anything to do with losing the Thompson contract? Not looking good for Circus air at the moment!

[Goldilocks95]

ok so add that to the list of latest bases to make staff redundant-who have we got.....abz, stn, lgw cant remember any more bt its making me nervous sitting in brs!!!

[GRIZZLER]

it would seem at the moment that the people that are running servisair are the accountants....the people that know money.

the only thing wrong with that is...that the accountant and his computor have not seen the inside of the aircraft hold that we work in and the size of the turk bags that we have to heave out on our hands and knees......less men maybe good for the books...not good for our backs and b:mad:KS

its about time we got back to letting people that know the job get on with it....accountants would not want us to balance there books,so why let them tell us our jobs.

it all looks good on paper...but in the real world it does not work!!!!!

[Dropline]

And what a fantastic way for staff to find out..... there has been no word to staff from Servisair "management" at Gatwick that more jobs are to go... we get to read about it on the internet instead.
Only 30 managers to go... why not get rid of the whole lot and hire some that know a) how to treat their staff and b) what they are doing.

[servisairlgw]

It would appear that the 30 managers are not actually going, just being 'restructured' i.e. less money, more work, different title!

[chicocelta]

as a former circus air lgw employee (but before any redundancies) was curious to know if the people who decided to implement the "glorious" airport one scheme have been hung, drawn and quartered? it's my opinion that all of servisair's woes can be directly linked to the implementation of this ridiculous scheme

[Dropline]

Most of the people directly involved with Airport One got promoted during its implementation and the majority (but unfortunately not all) have since left or taken redundancy, leaving a right old mess behind them. IMHO the whole thing was a complete waste of time and money and we are now left to pick up the pieces. Some of the positions created during Airport One (especially the "managers") are now the ones being "restructured" as part of the latest redundancies.

We've now moved on to Airport Two...or should that be Airportski Two. That's the one that will eventually replace all those annoyingly expensive experienced staff who know and love their jobs with much cheaper ones. There is a slight downside in that a lot of these new staff can't speak English or do the job properly, but hey, that doesn't matter because they're cheap.

[LimaGolfWhiskyboy]

If only the muppets in mismanagement had a clue about how badly they run the operation there might not have to be so many redundancies in April 2008 and certainly some more in October 2008 at the end of the summer season.
Like another postee, they really dont have a clue about how things work, what the inside of an aircraft looks like and their decisions affect us all that want to provide a decent service to our Airlines (what's left of them)but can't because of staffing levels, lack of equipment; which frankly is embarrasing and affects our morale!

Perhaps if LGW Servisair mismanagement look at the money they have wasted on Airport One, Middle management, new computer systems for check in, telephone systems, De-Icing rigs and numerous other follies, we could have provided a half decent service and kept some contracts. I cannot believe the MD at Gatwick knows what is going on and allows it to happen or if she does, how is still in a job because our performance must look like s:mad: at board level! we sometimes cant provide two boarding agents at a flight, or have more than one tow bar for 3 or four flights departing at the same time...shambolic!

Cant apologise enough to some of our customers for the crap service they get and the majority of us still work in the hope things will turn around for the better, but can't see it regrettably unless there's a change at the top!

[sat1]

unfortunately this is not just happening at LGW. It appears to be across the country. I suppose us lowly mortals that have to graft for our wages just aint seeing the big picture---management talk!!!!!!!!!!!!

[merlinxx]

The only way you're going to get the situ sorted, is to get the 'hands on' folks you work with from your customers, to back you.

Ground Handling Service Provision is an art form which is run by people on the ground.

I suggest that you research the handling contracts for the minimum service requirement, people and equipment per rotation, and compare with the min provisions in the IATA AHM.

[LimaGolfWhiskyboy]

Couldn't agree with you more Merlin, if only them upstairs knew that!

Unfortuantely, there is a lot covered up by shift reports and delay codes, so the customer airlines are not aware unless they have their own staff monitoring. Pax Service coordinators are told to cover up deficancies and if anything is missed in their reports, it's covered further up the chain and i know first hand from Despatchers that they are not allowed to pass SVS attributable delays or face disciplinary action! if there is one, it has to go to management to be "massaged" or lost....unless someone from the Airline is there to uphold the true reason