Maybe VS needs to stop expanding its network and get back to basics. You only have to look at V-Flyer to see that VS can't get the small things right:
Broken UCS seats
Crap food
Lack of choice of bad food
Non existant freedom menu
Dirty cabin
crap amenity kit
not even bothering to load the crap amenity kit
and I'm adding:
Unedible food in economy (sometimes can't even tell what it is supposed to be)
Running out of drinks in economy and warm drinks (why can't VS refresh the bars on turnaround? other airlines manage to)
Very poor on time performance.
Stop overpromising as invetiably we can't provide what is shown in the ads.
Its become embarrasing and a group needs to be set up by the company to overlook where and why things are going wrong.
A quick calculation:
VS have ordered 15 787 aircraft at a list price of £75million each, no doubt they will get a discount but based on £75m / 4000 staff thats £18750 per staff member. If they cancelled a 787 VS could afford to pay a £390 per month Gross increase over 4 years. This would bring us inline with BA and some of the charter airlines.
Maybe I'm just being naive but cancelling one aircraft order could solve the pay problem and slowing expansion could solve the problems blighting the passengers and crew on a daily basis.
Last edited by back2front; 6th Jan 2008 at 10:46.
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