[QUOTE=Mr Angry from Purley]
Originally Posted by Major Cleve Saville
Think how much money the company would save if office staff were productive for 55 hours a week.
Same old dialogue, you forget the 190 hours in 4 weeks, standbys at home, contactables etc etc.
And Miss inform - you presumably read all the posts about Pilots jumping out of Emirates / they only just got their Feb rosters etc. I suspect that quiet a few would trade positions and join GB given the choice.
No win
O.K think how much money the company would save if all the office staff did 47 1/2 hours a week (no coffee or lunch breaks): happy now? Never let it be said I lack balance.
If you are management can we all take it standbys are time off then? Because I believe that is what you are saying.
No allowance made for the long days or constantly disrupted shift patterns either. I suggest we all agree to work office hours 9-5, every weekend off; More than happy to! Or the typical 3 on 3 off shift pattern the other shift workers get. I am up for that as well!!
Same old dialogue: Life is unbearable here but count yourself lucky life is more unbearable in Emirates, Ryanair, Easyjet blah blah (not just for the quiet few!) etc etc.
Yes life is worse elsewhere, pilots are leaving other airlines and other airlines have aircraft on the ground as a result: Is this your plan too? Is this the model you aspire too?
Mr Angry you must be management because you have difficulty seeing that if pilots are unhappy, perceive the grass is greener elsewhere (even if it is not), and leave, and as a consequence you cannot run your business it is a slight difficulty re: the plan (assuming you had one).
Emirates pilots are more than welcome to apply. How many pilots have joined from Emirates mmmm, let me see, would that be zero?
How many have left for Emirates? At least 3 in the last two years. I make that 3-0 to Emirates. Just what is your point? Emirates pilots would love to join GB 'given the choice' but don't due to an invisible force that prevents them? Maybe they have just not been won over by the quiet Irish charm of the Ops. Director.