1033 - well said!
The common point within everyones posts are this: bmi cabin crew management.
They are very poor, always have been! I have been treated like a child on more occasions and for ridiculously small matters than it would warrant to write here.
What I can say is this, remember the very nature of our jobs, how long do you actually spend in their company? Am I not right in saying that the vast majority of your time at bmi is spent in a metal tube miles away from any managers with your good colleagues?
I learned many years ago that the job is what you make it. If you want to take your problems, criticisms, negative attitude etc. out on line then it is only your life that will be miserable and those listening to it hour after hour.
Yes bmi is way down the list of nice airlines to work for when it comes to being man managed. BUT, you make your own experiences at your place of work. If you have the maturity to 'let it go' when you step on the a/c you may be very surprised at how your life is so much nicer. It is only when you are ready to see the great crew you work with and you have the attitude to join in and make a positive contribution to their day/trip, will your lives get any better. And that goes for bmi crew to.
We all know airlines are the best breeding ground for rumours and gossip. How many actual bad experiences or the stories of them do you really know are true. Could some not be just embellishments of the truth and slightly exaggerated? When you dig a little more you generally find that the crew member 'assisted' his or her own problems and didn't like being pulled up for it.
To sum up: If you have a negative attitude, clear off and get a job somewhere else because I don't want to work with you as you make my life worse than what it needs to be. If you have a positive outlook, great I look forward to working with you and can't wait to come to work and fly with you I am sure our day/trip will make me enjoy my job a little more.
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