Smokie,
If a number of the Flybe crew are joining the T&G because they see the BALPA reps as weak, why don't some of these people stick with BALPA, stand to be reps themselves and show that they can do a better job?
Oh, of course, the old excuses:-
"I would if it wasn't for the kids. My wife doesn't want me spending all night doing emails. I just don't have the time. I'll help out, but I don't want to stick my head above the parapet......"
The reps are volunteers, they will be under extreme pressure form all sides and probably shouldn't even be flying. They are prepared to stick their necks above the parapet, so support them now! If you think they are not up to the job, stand yourself.
As for the "over my dead body get to the bottom of the list brigade", for goodness sake grow up. You can shout all you like on here, but I can assure you, you are in the minority. Through no fault of their own, BAcon crew have been through several messy mergers over the last few years and have heard all the arguments time and time again. if you bring these attitudes into work then you might find that regardless of your position on a list, you are not flying for quite some time. People are sick and tired of endless corporate shuffling and they will not tolerate any childish nonsense in the workplace. You will be replaced on the line line and if these sort of attitudes are taken into training, it will not be pleasant for YOU.
Flybe will need trainers big time and the ones they are inheriting from Bacon are on the whole, very competent and well respected with huge amounts of experience (they have to be to have survived all the SOP changes). They are fair, but they are also very angry about the way in which their various companies have been wrecked by self serving fat cat managers. Chage your attitudes or you might find yourselves on the naughty seat.
Last edited by biddedout; 19th November 2006 at 23:33.