There won't be any redundancies at London. Considering that the basic pay per crew member is £7000 per person less than main crew at QCCA this saves the company 5million+ each year. Then there is the fact that there is no hotel, transport, allowances to worry about in London this is a lot of money saved.
Australian based crew are coming to London next roster as London crew have gone to Australia for the past 2 months. Which seems to be normal for this time of the year. European summer starts now and lots of our crew have annual leave booked in for July,August,September which was obviously booked well in advance before Dubai started and some crew have obviously moved on which happens in every company, the new flying doesn't tick everyone's boxes. Hence our crew numbers are down for the summer season.
As for the loads yes at first they where down but now both flights are operating nearing full loads
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Crew have been upline fatigue but if you think about this for a second, crew on
A 3day 2 off 3day 2off 3day 2off 3day 2off
We are awake all day before we go to work, we fly to Dubai max 1 hour break, some crew sleep a little in Dubai but check out isn't until midnight some people are awake for many hours before call then a night flight home followed with 2 days off. Do this non stop and some crew are hitting the 18-20 night flights a roster, with no sleep either side so please put yourself in this persons shoes and say you wouldn't feel the pressure. It's not the 3 day trip that crew are worried about its the missed nights sleep and constant day rest. If you have your own opinion keep it to that.
For many years there has been rumour after rumour that the base will close. I know lots of crew would love it to happen so they can come to Europe. But this is an established base and works well in London. Customer satisfaction is always high and we are a great cost save for the company in a whole.
Everyone in London applied for an advertised job and they don't deserve to be constantly worry what other crew are saying around the company, on board or around the pool in Dubai. Nobody will no about any base until its officially released so let's keep a happy workplace hey!