I believe Flight Support are doing a fantastic job under the circumstances. They were given less than 3 weeks notice of the Flybe contract meaning they had to increase manpower from approx 20 staff to over 100. With most jobs requiring a months notice it was honestly a miracle they made the start of the contract with sufficent staff. Granted they have 'borrowed' staff from LPL anf IOM stations in the interim but these should be home by this weekend.
The main problem they have had is a lack of blue passes. Anyone who has worked at MAN will know how difficult it is to gain one of these sacred pieces of plastic. Hopefully this is now sorted and over 80% of the staff online now have blue passes. It has been an interesting 3 weeks at FS and for some a culture shock with work increasing from approx 40 flights a week to over 300. I personally doubt any other handling agent no matter how established could have done a better job in the circumstances.
Flight Support have built a very experienced team in Operations / Dispatch and PHU and will go from strength to strength on the back of the Flybe contract. Keep up the good work guys. All the best!!!
