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Old 14th Jan 2006, 14:40
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Maude Charlee
 
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Re: Servisair Ramp Agent

I'll echo that it is a good place to get a start in the industry. It's an interesting job, but more than that you will get lots of contact with crews (both sides of the door) and almost everyone else involved in the aviation industry. If you have ambitions of reaching the flight deck, then a background in dispatch will arm you with a wealth of useful knowledge and understanding that many flight crews lack, and this will help you to manage situations more effectively when things don't go to plan.

Servisair are only as bad an employer as the managers who run the station, and they only treat you like dirt if you let them. This is usually the case because of the high numbers of young and inexperienced (in relative terms) people who take jobs there, and some managers abuse this lack of understanding of their employment rights. Learn what acceptable standards of behaviour the company lays down in it's own procedures and ensure that you point out, formally if need be, when you feel your boss has overstepped the mark. It's called managing your manager - believe me it works.
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