Good evening gentlemen. As a serving Licenced Engineer at LGW I am very grateful for the discussions you are holding and the sympathy you have for us. To answer the question of what we hope to get out of our action I,ll tell you. The reduction in routes out of LGW has impacted on all ground staff, loaders, tug drivers as well as engineers. However the mismanagement have offered both loaders and the tuggies a variety of options such as redeployment, severence or early retirement where appropriate. Engineers have been offered a posting to LHR on 4 on 4 off pattern if they volunteer, or a 7 on 3 off, 7 on 4, off earlies and lates pattern if they dont. So naturally we would like parity with our more militant colleagues.
Secondly one of our union reps worked out the cost of working the 767 line at LGW and presented his findings to the mismanagement. He was told that his figures were incorrect and to prove it mismanagement gave him their figures. Gentlemen the difference was £9.00 a day over life of the line. We have the space and the skills to do this work and a proven track record in majors.
Because we don't down tools at the drop of a hat, because all we really want to do is come in and fix aeroplanes we are getting, what we see as disproportionate treatment. Sitting on our toolboxes goes against the grain.
We would have more RJ100 and ATR cover if mismanagement hadn't cancelled courses and stopped paying agreed allowences.
Thank you for your support, please stick with us.
Long live the GFF
