Aaahh, Carnage Matey,
Working to your maximum isn't exactly an 'extra' you've thrown in, now is it ?
Choosing to work to Scheme rather than Industrial isn't a luxury cabin crew have, even if they should wish to do so. It is expressly forbidden by the Company - and no one else.
'CC shortage', the reason conveniently and often quoted to pzzzz off cc, and pax with cc, means exactly that; we ain't got enough of them. Ask yourself why last night's 59 and 247 were delayed overnight.
Strangely, in BA speak it also means a shortage of aircraft, as on the NBO where a shortage of 767s merited a 'cc shortage' entrance in DCS. How convenient.
As for the crew complements and dusked aircraft, you may be interested to learn that the crew member taken off wasn't taken from the dusked cabins, cause that's where the Company make the majority of the dosh and they wouldn't dream of upsetting our premium pax even more... However, just to make sure you sleep tonight, there are plans to remove a senior crew member from the upper deck, which should save the Company a bundle.
Innit great to see the Company have us all exactly where they want us ?
See you on the shuttle !
