To those crew that complain of being messed around. IF PLANES DIDN'T BREAK AND YOUR COLLEAGUES DIDN'T GO SICK AT THE DROP OF HAT AND THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT EVERYWHERE - THERE WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM
Nonsense. You know why? Because:-
My current employer hasn't enough crew or aircraft to fly the schedules we have - we rely on crew goodwill and paying them for duty changes/disruption/working days off etc etc which is needed but in the long term still works out cheaper for the airline than to train more people than they have to, only for them to leave at a faster rate!! It the nature of the beast I'm afraid!!
That is a flybe modus operandi from way back.
so don't blame ops or crew control as they can only work with the tools they have!!
Partly true, but, as noted above, Crewing often show scant regard for the well-being of their crews. They could take the needs of crew members into acount, but they choose not to, for one reason or another. Some try hard to be reasonable, others just couldn't give a toss.
The problem will not go away until the department is properly resourced and managed.