Regarding Greenfinch's post: well, maybe he just wasn't aware of your existence! I have certainly heard directly from several of those that have resigned that they have been reprimanded for resigning, that the company were relying on their presence for the success of the summer program, etc!
Low morale? Well, the management are certainly doing their bit to foster doom & gloom with their constant forecast of financial loss due to competition from the locos, fuel costs, poor punctuality record, etc.
The increasingly anti-social schedules combined with an unbelievably unsympathetic rostering system have combined to cause many to question the point of it all. If you think that the lifestyle/fatigue issues raised in that Ryanair program were appalling, I can tell you that it is worse in GB: we have pilots who have joined from Ryanair & believe it or not, we have pilots who have left us to join Ryanair. In every case, they have reported that lifestyle/fatigue issues are far worse in GB, despite the lower number of daily sectors & annual flying hours - "A real step backwards!" As for cabin crew, they are regularly exceeding 900 hours/year, despite a clause in their SLD limiting it to 900 hours.
It's time the truth is known - GB is not the holiday camp that most outsiders seem to think that it is & you should think very carefully before applying to join!
GB have got away with it to date for all the usual reasons, such as crews not knowing the SLD/FTLs, not wanting to kick up a fuss, etc. but that is all changing as crews become more "politically aware"...
Last edited by Miss Inform; 25th Feb 2006 at 22:52.