Yes we use Codeco at CWL to prepare loadsheets. MAN take over our load control on 24 May, the day Ops Staff at CWL get made redundant.
The company seem to think that 90% of our time is taken up by load control. WRONG. At CWL ops staff are also passenger handling supervisors, baggage agents and just about anything else you can think of. Yes, Load control is the most important thing that we do, but probably only takes 10% of our time. It is also pretty sad that we have to find out though a forums web site that we are about to loose our jobs. Thanks Servisair!!
Servisair issued a memo about cenralised load control today, saying it 'works very well for major airlines from a central operation'. maybe it is for an airline, but what about a ground handling agent? It is easier for an airline to do it as they do the flight planning so know the fuel load and then use there own inhouse system to produce a loadsheet. Yes, simple.
So what happens when the flightdeck crew cant get through to MAN? are they going to have to try and give there load details to a passenger services agent over the check-in desk?
If there is no operations staff, who is going to take calls from the airlines, man the VHF radio, co-ordinate staff etc?
CWL was re-structured 18 months ago, and we were cut from 14 full time staff to 6. we are now going to loose another 4. how are we meant to run a safe and efficent operation with hardly no staff?
Look out staff at other regional stations, we may be the test bate for this outragous move, but believe me, it will effect all soon.
Well, I get my P45 on 24 May, Then a trip to the job centre is due. Cheers the french/globeground, all you have done is ruin Servisair. you carry on like this and everyone will be out of a job!
I hope this completely goes tits up for the management, which i think it will.