Originally Posted by FougaMagister
if a flight goes late because of short-staffing, then maybe management will belatedly pay attention
Cheers
AGREED! I had this when I was PSA at EGCC many years ago. And it don't stop there either - when I was Ops Super at the same place, ended up having verbals with the DM because we had two DLHs opposite sides of B pier and he wanted ONE ramp crew to turnround BOTH aircraft. Big safety no-no here; ended up having him disciplined.
What's the answer then? Well I wrote an article a couple of years ago for Flight International all about airlines and safety, namely that they should stop worrying about the balance sheet and start working on running an airline properly.
You've always got the ultimate get out card when it comes to safety - it just takes the ground crews (pax AND ramp AND dispatch) to have the balls to say NO when it's needed.
Worked for me!