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Old 21st Jun 2002, 09:24
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cirrus01
 
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Anti-Ice.

In reply to your comments.......

BA Engineers at LGW are fully aware that as the Flights out of Gatwick reduce, then there will be a reduction of maintenance workload.

What we find incomprehensible is the fact that the company is not offering severance.......... There would be many that take up a half decent offer to leave BA's employment, indeed the industry as as a whole (because there are plenty of less stressful, better paid and better working condition jobs available)......although people are reluctant to change, especially as an Licensed Engineer has put in many years of study and hard work to achieve his (or hers) "Status".


BA's problem is that they do not pay their Engineers nowhere near enough.

There are many jobs available at LHR which are going unfilled .........WHY ? See previous statment.

BA cannot attract sufficient staff willing or able to live within a reasonable distance of LHR.

Easy answer for BA (mis)management..........FORCIBLY move staff from Gatwick to cover the shortfall.......( expect them to travel 600 plus miles a week and force them onto archaic, soul destroying shift patterns) meanwhile many,many flights at Gatwick are delayed or cancelled due to no Engineering cover (ATRs RJs particularly)




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