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Old 13th January 2007 | 06:09
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sinala1
 
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The reality is that a fair few of those flights didnt have a second service anyway so lets just be honest with ourselves about that.
How about the crews that are not following Service Flows on flights that would require a second service anyway?

I staff travelled BNE-ADL the other day, a 2hr 30 flight that only had 1 service done, and no more than 3 cabin crew walk-throughs done. Why? Because the crew were "too tired", or so they said (not that I asked - I had gone to the galley for a drink and when they realised I was on staff travel, the comment was, and I quote - "damn we were hoping there was no one on board so we don't have to do a second service"). I can tell you now that all flights that I operate that require a second service, get a second service (circumstances permitting, of course).

As for breaks being on the rosters during turns, well time will tell if that happens or not - but then of course crew are going to whinge and moan about spending time in airports!

As for R1 and R2 marshalling well that does not really make a huge difference either way - I am guessing thats been done purely to keep R2 at the overwing on the -800 during boarding/disembarking when refuelling.

So much is going to change, and I for one am looking forward to having an EBA document to read so I can make some informed decisions on how I vote.
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