BHXvine

'Well you shouldnt have to be afraid to elaborate, it's an interesting thing this no blame policy, if he did it and came forwards off his own bat, I presume this is in keeping with the no blame policy, did he do that, or was it immediatly obvious, or did he try and hide it ? if he came forwards then surely that excludes him from being sacked, sacked over the phone, is there no depths of human misery to which this industry will not stoop, I wouldnt treat my dog that way, even if he did rip the sofa.'

When the redundancies were being carried out at BHX by Swissport earlier this year, apparently one of the unlucky Duty Managers was waiting to board his holiday flight at MAN when he received a call on his mobile from management telling him that his services were no longer required! Unfortunately, the depths of human misery hold no bounds in this industry!

tickerdboo

Are we talking about the same bloke here????

I dont think he was sacked for just hitting GOZBE at speed while standing up in a belt loader wheel spinning all over the shop.......

Remember what goes around comes around.........

And as for being sacked over the phone, in a letter, face to face, or even by carrier pigeon, it all the same "Your Fired" as Alan Sugar" would say.

call100

The understanding I have and the way it works at BHX is that the 'No Blame' exists to cover accidents that we all know are inevitable in the environment we work in.
It is not there to Excuse reckless behaviour.
If it's true that he was dismissed over the phone then that is appalling. Not for the dismissal but for the lack of any proper disciplinary procedure....

greuzi

Watched this thread for a bit now. My opinion?

How do you hit the nose gear with a belt loader? Don't know the detailed facts but was the guy breathalysed? Of this earth? Trained?

Accidents do happen but 1000's of pushbacks are completed successfully and without incident every day by those that should be around the nose gear. And by all the handlers.

Was the guy hurt? Nobody has asked.

groundhogbhx

call100

I understand the phone call was with the result of the union contesting the original verdict on technical grounds

call100

OK so he wasn't sacked over the phone....He just had confirmation from the TU over the phone that his appeal on a technical issue had failed. He had already been sacked at a previous hearing.
Is that how it worked??

legalize

From my sources it isw confirmed that he was phoned by the internal HR person based at BHX and sacked. Appeal was today but not sure of the outcome. Also they forgot to breathalize him at the time of th eincident due to all the commotion.

Anyway he has been taken on by Servisair now so at least he has a job and can still pay his morgate off.

beefster

Servisair must be mad to take him on and didnt know he had to pay mortgage as he still lives with his MUM

call100

King Chav

Where do they get these monkies from ?

I have seen so many accidents on the ramp over the years, caused by these showoffs! The funniest was a tw*t driving a belt loader into a B747 engine, and then rising up into the air, reversing and doing it again!!

Unfortunately the engine wasn't running