Well it seems like the down sizing has been starting lots of jetstream crews have been made redundant.
The apparent glee by some posters about Highlands current situation I don't think is really aimed at the rank and file company employee's.
Its purely aimed at 2-3 people who were the route cause of the change of managment style at Highland and ultimately the situation they are in now. They still haven't learned apparently that respect from employees is earned not a right of a job title. And since the problem managers are now generally refered to as the "toddler" and the "dog god" I don't think any respect has been earned recently.
The posters that have personal issues with the way that they were treated, just bear in mind that the continuation and success of Highland without the current managment will be a far better vindication that you were right and they were wrong. It never was a problem with the "staffs" attitude it was purely down to them being in a job that they wern't competent or mature enough to do.
I wish Kevin and all the rest every success in the future and the post holders that a refusing to move into different roles out of self interest. Do the decent thing and for once in the last 3 years admit that your wrong and let highland move on and develope under new managment. Are you really that pig headed and selfish that you would put 100 plus staff out of work just for 2-3 peoples gain?
O aye its a strong rumour about ACS
But as personal opinion now that Finland and Warton are gone and they are down sizing crewing levels. Only one plane is away at a remote base so most of the hour plus positioning flight when things are tech will have stopped. The complexity of coordinating plane swaps and fire fighting issues will be greatly reduced allowing ops to maybe even get ahead of the game. No paying an extra 3k a month to have out of base crew postioned south. The reduced number of aircraft will allow the engineers to get on top of the aircraft maint and do the quality job that they always wanted to do. Hopefully they will be able to repair the relationship with the oil folk in Aberdeen to start getting charter work for the J41 and any spare J31's.
Change the post holders and Highland could rise from the ashes. But this isn't much help for the people who have been made redundant so far. Fingers crossed that in 6 months time things will require them to be taken on again.
All the best to the rank and file of Highland.