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Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Dec 2012, 12:44
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

The flight leaving with spare seats and 'Yes...

The flight leaving with spare seats and 'Yes there were seats' is a common one.
If they processed the staff when the flight closed 40 minutes before leaving the job could be done quickly.
More so...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Dec 2012, 07:50
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

Anyone who has travelled as a staff pax on BA...

Anyone who has travelled as a staff pax on BA when the gate staff are IB will understand that the IB employees seem completely unable to adapt to methods used by a different carrier.
On a less than...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Nov 2012, 16:16
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

It seems the England and Wales education...

It seems the England and Wales education authorities are to shed 25% of their employees.
Honestly and really IB staff you really are not alone.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Nov 2012, 16:14
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

Mature but lovable is what I meant .. ;) I...

Mature but lovable is what I meant .. ;) I recognise some of those aircraft from longer ago than some of the people flying them were born.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Nov 2012, 09:51
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

Mmmm! But at least BA are using their latest...

Mmmm!
But at least BA are using their latest and most up to date aircraft for their shorthaul services from LGW ;)
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Nov 2012, 08:01
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

Cross reading this with the BCN again! thread I...

Cross reading this with the BCN again! thread I note the aircraft involved and the troubles at IB.
Involved in the other thread was a rare visitor these days to BCN an IB mainline aircraft.
Also...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Nov 2012, 09:20
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

Indeed that is what it basically says and is...

Indeed that is what it basically says and is utter rubbish.
Many people in Spain are angry at the moment and it would be easy to blame foreigners. I can understand that and it must be so difficult...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Nov 2012, 07:00
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

I could go back umpteen years and hear the same...

I could go back umpteen years and hear the same rhetoric when Caledonion merged with BUA.
The same questions, the same arguments, and it must have happened umpteen times since as well.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Nov 2012, 14:59
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

Perhaps IB should think it self lucky it has the...

Perhaps IB should think it self lucky it has the support of IAG who seem to have been remarkably patient:

Extensive SAS restructuring to cut headcount by 40%...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
11th Nov 2012, 08:53
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

@Shannon volmet BA have not taken over IB...

@Shannon volmet

BA have not taken over IB the two airlines are part of the same group.
As for the others you mention a awful lot of people at BCAL, including myself, did rather well out of it....
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Nov 2012, 08:44
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

@Airbrake I can see it from both sides: ...

@Airbrake

I can see it from both sides:
The frustration of workers being battered and barged from all sides in the middle of a thumping recession.
Then again the reluctance to shift to more...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Nov 2012, 07:10
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

I'Unfortunately this is going off topic, however,...

I'Unfortunately this is going off topic, however, related. I still live here in Spain, the same chronyism is still endemic. Whilst the majority of Spanirds are hard working, the elite, still are...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Nov 2012, 19:15
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

I don't believe anyone would wish otherwise.

I don't believe anyone would wish otherwise.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Nov 2012, 15:12
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

'Nobody has bothered to explain why profitable IB...

'Nobody has bothered to explain why profitable IB routes have been given to BA'

Please tell us which routes? IB was pulling off many shorthaul routes before IAG came along. It must have been ten...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Nov 2012, 10:28
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

@albertofdz I know many Spanish people and I...

@albertofdz

I know many Spanish people and I would never dare to call any of them lazy. They are among the hardest working people I know.
I agree with you that the conditions they work under and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Nov 2012, 10:21
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

IB is/was having trouble adapting to modern...

IB is/was having trouble adapting to modern service styles and attitudes; something not uncommon in Spanish industry. If you've ever tried to change your internet provider in Spain you will know...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Nov 2012, 08:58
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

Vueling are to start LGW/BCN in direct...

Vueling are to start LGW/BCN in direct competition with another IAG company BA which will (at long last) re-open the route in February.
Call me suspicious but I do not imagine this will be the sole...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Nov 2012, 08:39
Replies: 737
Views: 164,969
Posted By gcal

IB needs to restructure to survive and with...

IB needs to restructure to survive and with Vueling being brought in house I cannot see much future for its shorthaul operation.
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