Interesting reading. I`ve sat in Ops Crewing with two of the airlines I worked for, including bmi.
Its not the people in bmi crewing ops, but Mr Angry <img src="mad.gif" border="0"> somes it up well. bmi management never spends quite enough money on systems, equipment. They are very good at looking after the pax (important I agree) but when I comes to the crews and other staff they don`t quite get it right. How many computer systems has bmi looked at over the years? And when I left I was still getting hand written rosters, and LHR crews may of well been handed a blank sheet of paper, only with their days off on it.
The 2 other airlines I have worked for both used computerised systems. 1 was similar to CityFlyer`s system and the other the worlds fav. They don`t have the same problems that bmi had or have.
bmi have always been towards the bottom of the pay scales of airlines. Flight pay being £1.07ph when I left in 98, (although I hear they are paying more sensible figure these days) so it is difficult to keep crews.
I shall never forget managements answer to the cabin crew based at LHR a few years back regarding flight pay, which was "we are a Midlands based airline not a London based to we cannot pay these sorts of figures".
It can been seen what cabin crew 89 has done regarding crewing problems in bmi.
<a href="http://www.cc89.org" target="_blank">www.cc89.org</a>
see bmi section
I will now go back to what I know best, pouring tea and coffee <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">
ps. For those who are sitting with their thumbs up there buts, may I remind you to wash well before sucking them. It don`t taste nice otherwise <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
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