Originally Posted by
Wing Commander Fowler
Lets fly passengers during the week when they don't want to fly! What a cracking idea!
Oh yes and since when did aircraft know what day of the week it was? They only go tech during the week now do they? Hmm.........
To be quite fair, most passengers dont have much of a choice when their CHARTERED flights are. The flight times are usually confirmed to passengers in about Jan/Feb, and before that its just guess work. Many charters which I flew on were in the middel of teh day, in the middle of the week. (and amny more were in the middle of the night!). We didn't complain cause we didnt have a choice of days, and still wouldnt, if we still booked IT packages. People just book a fortnight off work, so the days dont make much of a difference. If you wnat flexabilty the seceduled flights offer that, if you want your holiday served on a plate, the charters offer that.
No, of course a/c dont know what day of the week it is, which is exactly why fleet schedulers should plan for aircraft having a problem. Also the ATC situation over europe aint the best usually, so that can add farther delays, then youve got the dirunk passengers who are in the pub, their bags have to be off-loaded, etc, etc. EIR had time to work this out, but choose not to. You dont see many TOM/FCA/MON et al sitting around Mon-Thurs do you?
Yes, it is very sad for all the crew at EIR, and I fully support them, it stinks that because of crappy managment people loose their jobs. Hopefully EIR people will find work elsewhere, or perhaps be instrumental in the rebirth of the company.