Sunfish,I hear what you are saying,but it's not rocket science were talking about here....the daily a/c fleet position sheet,(which is basically our guide to what arrives and when and what time it's due out again)is available to all ramp planners etc...these people also have an insight to any maintenance that a particular a/c is due and so a simple mistake,(if that is what this was),should not happen!
It's just not occurences like this one that tend to get the staff,(and to some extent our local managers),scratching thier heads in total dis-belief on a day to day basis......If anyone could explain to us why almost every hangar input my section handles,be it 747/777,the aircraft comes in with the cabin "dressed ready for service",...when everybody in the loop should know that we are going to have to inspect all the seating/ife.......We have no option but to place everything in the overhead bins only for the cleaners to do it all over again!!
In BA's new world,where it seems everybody has to be "tracked/monitored and directed" by computers etc,we seem to have lost the simple ability of communicating with each other! What,s wrong with the good old..."hey guys,park that a/c there......don,t bother dressing that one,as the engineers are going to rip it apart"!! This simple approach to communication has worked fine for hundreds of years...If it aint broken,why try and fix it!!