2x45 mins and 1x25 mins (well done for reducing) is the time you get to sit in the CAT but doesn't include wasted time sitting on busses going to and fro. However thats still not a representative Eurofleet roster as it means you were on there and backs for the remaining 19 days you worked. Thats pretty unusual. If you have been on there and backs then you are probably working more efficiently than most of the EF community who are doing a mix of doubles and tours, most of which either start or end with a single sector day. There are very few 3-2-3 tours, and I don't think I've ever seen a 3-4-3 amongst CC.
On the matter of return catering I understood that crew were still working to BASSAs diktat that they must not touch the catering downroute and local caterers must do the rearranging. As such you are not doing any more downroute through return catering than you would do ex-LHR. Correct me if I am wrong. And you are still sticking to BASSA agreements even though there has been no catering of significance on board since mid-August.
Hundreds of cabin crew join BA from other airlines because we pay them more and they work far less. That seems to be the view amongst every new entrant I've spoken to, with the single exception of an ex-easyjet steward who said he could earn as much but only by doing lots of DF on a six sector day through NCE. I'll agree that customer satisfaction levels are high, but if you know that you'll also know that the customers say consistency is a serious problem. You'll also know where the CSDs file GPMs which are critical of the crew. You'll also know that Pursers won't hand out GPMs because BASSA say it's not in their job description.
The CAT lounge has flight crew in it because the company aren't capable of rostering fixed links on every flight and they have to go somewhere in between. Whilst there they invariably do some productive work getting the latest flight plans and weathers and determining fuel loads etc. Occasionally they are rostered a meal break, but only if the duty is over a meal window and the company have chosen not to put a crew meal on the flight for them. Compare that with the CC requirement for long turnarounds on most trips and no work conducted during the CAT other than reading Hello! magazine and delaying transport because you've only had 43 minutes and not 45 (you can have the CSDs name if you want it).
By the way, I think we've already established you don't do many 11-12 hour days unless you've been sitting around for a few hours already. That was a few posts back. However perhaps you'd like to post an example of an 11+ hour day that does not involve a DME, IST, ATH, LCA, KBP, TIP or LED there and back?
Last edited by Carnage Matey!; 24th October 2005 at 01:05.