bmi like I said before have only started this low-cost airline because Go is operating routes out of there sacred EMA. bmi have NEVER allowed another scheduled carrier to operate out of EMA.
Business Air, CityJet, KLMuk all have been shifted out the way.
That business brief, news release that bmi management has prepared....seen all the same things before for other plans, ideas that BM have issued in the past. See nothings new there.
Even the routes are hardly new. FAO, PMI, NCE,AGP where operated by DC9`s when I was there. BCN and ALC just thrown in for good measure, as possible Go destinations.
BM were good at new ideas and future planning. Paxs always looked after, but in recent times the company has stood still. bmi had NO intensions to operate a low cost airline spin off. The Sunday Business newspaper reported the story bmi was to go low-cost, (which I posted on pprune) and The newspaper had to apologise for incorrect reporting because bmi was not going low-cost.
I am wondering how they plan to make the savings needed to make it viable. No disrespect to anyone at bmi but I worked 6 days on 4 sector days around 8-10 hours and in my day flight pay was between 70p-£1.07 an hour on leaving.
There is nothing wrong with competition, all for it but bmi track record at EMA is not good, for allowing it at its home base.
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