Eazyjet Menzies LPL
what is the likelyhood of Menzies taking over Eazyjet at LPL as they have done at several other airports around Britain in recent times, and what could be the effect on the other handling agents at LPL, especially servisair, who currently carry the mantle, and when will the time come that handling agents generally accross the board are going to cease this suicidal policy of continually undercutting each other, and really scraping the very bottom of the barrel. Isn't it time for the Handling Agents to present a united front to the airlines, who seem happy, (despite the pretence of insisting on minimum standards of service) to accept the very cheapest price(knowing that you get what you pay for and that therefore if you pay nothing, you get nothing).
Many of these airlines prattle on about service delivery standards etc, when the only thing that really matters to them is How much does it cost? why dont they just come clean and tell the truth (something that seems to be in short supply.)
I remember that an unnamed handling agent at LPL once had the best on time performance in the whole country for one of the large carriers it handled, and they prattled on about this, but when the contract came up for review, this mattered not one jot and they gave the contract to a competative handling agent, who were cheaper, and then had the nerve to complain about how bad the handling was when they had taken the decision to give it too them, knowing that they couldnt afford to provide the equipment and staff required to give a good service.
Isnt it time therefore to play the airlines at there own game, you charge a lot and we will charge a lot and the only alternatives will charge a lot too, from that point on you can get quality handling, with dedicated well paid staff using good equipment, better performance for customer airlines, less accidents and more proffits, and people who want to fly with that airline due to a good experience.
No doubt this is a controversial statement, and there will be a lot of airline bods who dont like it, well you had your say for a long time and the Handling Industry is in crisis as a result.