Longarm,
I used to work for Monarch out of LGW.......surely the reason why some people are in their second decade with the company and never seen any long haul is thru their own choice? They have babies , families etc and dont want to be away. Can u seriously expect people to work at Monarch for over 10 years and never operate a long haul flight without complaining to the Base Manager or Crew Control???!!!!! U know it doesnt work like that! Why should one crew member, who has never had any long haul, work a drinks cart on an ALC alongside another crew member who has just spent the last month doing stateside trips and feel that its ok for this to happen? Why should they expect to cut short their career with the big M because of it?
Like I said , I worked for Monarch for 2 years at LGW and it wasnt until I had been made permanent that I started to get long haul trips.......after 6 months I got my fare share.....why shouldnt everyone else if that is wot they want? Monarch is a short haul AND long haul charter operation......HELLO!!!!