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Well if Stelios isn't impressed by this progress he really needs to sell out his stake in the airline and move on.
up.On the plus side the share price is up some 18%, which only makes up for the last weeks of sliding.
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I understand exactly what happens to share price and market cap when a major shareholder sells out. However, when irreconcilable differences are apparent between shareholder and board that can still represent the best course of action for both parties from a long-term perspective. Do you really believe that the long-running feud between Stelios and the company is not at least partially responsible for the disappointing share price action to date which you highlight? This is a boil which needs to be lanced despite the pain implied in the short term.
Of course, perhaps your personal sympathies are aligned with those shareholders and long-side traders whose interests are best served by short-term share price appreciation (followed by correction) rather than safeguarding the long term stability and prosperity of the company. I can see merit in that point of view with regard to those adversely affected by short term pain for long term gain. Having said that, there are ways for a large shareholder to negotiate a brokered deal for his exit when the underlying company is attractive (marketable) and well-managed; dumping shares into the open market is not the only course of action available in a situation like this.
Of course, an alternative explanation for your own stance might be that someone using the handle 'FR-' may have another reason for endorsing the prospect of a shrinking EasyJet!!! But that is another story ...
SHED.
I understand exactly what happens to share price and market cap when a major shareholder sells out. However, when irreconcilable differences are apparent between shareholder and board that can still represent the best course of action for both parties from a long-term perspective. Do you really believe that the long-running feud between Stelios and the company is not at least partially responsible for the disappointing share price action to date which you highlight? This is a boil which needs to be lanced despite the pain implied in the short term.
Of course, perhaps your personal sympathies are aligned with those shareholders and long-side traders whose interests are best served by short-term share price appreciation (followed by correction) rather than safeguarding the long term stability and prosperity of the company. I can see merit in that point of view with regard to those adversely affected by short term pain for long term gain. Having said that, there are ways for a large shareholder to negotiate a brokered deal for his exit when the underlying company is attractive (marketable) and well-managed; dumping shares into the open market is not the only course of action available in a situation like this.
Of course, an alternative explanation for your own stance might be that someone using the handle 'FR-' may have another reason for endorsing the prospect of a shrinking EasyJet!!! But that is another story ...
SHED.
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Hi all, first post here, i've been lurking for a while though 
I work in the rail industry and follow a roster working different routes each day. I wondered how easyjet do this with pilots? Does anyone know how it's decided what flights a pilot will do? Does he always return to his home base? Also, more specifically how do the smaller airport flights such as Bristol and Leeds/Bradford work? Do pilots based at a larger airport do these flights sporadically or does every airport have it's own pilots?
Thank you!
I work in the rail industry and follow a roster working different routes each day. I wondered how easyjet do this with pilots? Does anyone know how it's decided what flights a pilot will do? Does he always return to his home base? Also, more specifically how do the smaller airport flights such as Bristol and Leeds/Bradford work? Do pilots based at a larger airport do these flights sporadically or does every airport have it's own pilots?
Thank you!
Hi...i'm not an EZY pilot but EZY cabin crew but the principle is by and large, the same.
BRS is a crew base so operations out of there are by BRS based crew apart from the odd flight they may operate in from another Easyjet crew base. LBA meanwhile isn't a crew base and the GVA flight is operated by LPL crew.
Rosters are usually built around the amount of hours that a particular has for any given period. The 900 hours a year limit is a rolling year and within that are other regulations that the roster must abide by.
The vast majority of time, crew will be home each night. However, there are scheduled nightstops across the network. For example, LGW crew stay in Barcelona, Luton have nightstops in Dortmund and Madrid in lisbon. Crew also have periods where they work out of base which neccesitates nightstops. Where you are based depends on the propensity for this to happen. LGW crew do a lot of this as they are well connected to other bases.
BRS is a crew base so operations out of there are by BRS based crew apart from the odd flight they may operate in from another Easyjet crew base. LBA meanwhile isn't a crew base and the GVA flight is operated by LPL crew.
Rosters are usually built around the amount of hours that a particular has for any given period. The 900 hours a year limit is a rolling year and within that are other regulations that the roster must abide by.
The vast majority of time, crew will be home each night. However, there are scheduled nightstops across the network. For example, LGW crew stay in Barcelona, Luton have nightstops in Dortmund and Madrid in lisbon. Crew also have periods where they work out of base which neccesitates nightstops. Where you are based depends on the propensity for this to happen. LGW crew do a lot of this as they are well connected to other bases.
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Thanks easyflyer! Do (for instance) Liverpool crews ever fly any Manchester routes if there is a shortage of crew? I find it most odd that Manchester crews weren't picked for the LBA flights!
Thanks again
Thanks again
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Does he always return to his home base? Also, more specifically how do the smaller airport flights such as Bristol and Leeds/Bradford work?
Thanks easyflyer! Do (for instance) Liverpool crews ever fly any Manchester routes if there is a shortage of crew? I find it most odd that Manchester crews weren't picked for the LBA flights!
LPL crews do operate "out of base" in MAN when required and vice versa for MAN crews.
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watched ezy 8001 arrive at sen today,young people were holding flags of the destinations,belfast,amsterdam,alicante,malaga,palma,and a german one i could not see,plus the routes we already know,ibiza,barcelona,and faro,there may be a few more ,but we will have to see wot happens tomorrow, flew out as ezy 8002
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That's funny, I thought this wasn't due out until tomorrow.....Air Transport News
A good range of useful destinations in there. Amsterdam will give KLM's range of Inter-continental service without the nause of travelling to the other London airports first.
A good range of useful destinations in there. Amsterdam will give KLM's range of Inter-continental service without the nause of travelling to the other London airports first.
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EZY8001 arrived at SEN from LTN today:
A319-111-CFM56-5B5/3-TI - MSN3735 - G-EZDU - PERF FACTOR +1.4
EGGW/LTN | CO RTE LTNSEN1
STD 1200Z | ALTN EGSS
FLT NBR | EZY8001
EGMC/SEN
STA 1300Z
CRZ FL FL80
EZY8002 then departed for LTN again 2hrs later:
A319-111-CFM56-5B5/3-TI - MSN3735 - G-EZDU - PERF FACTOR +1.4
EGMC/SEN |CO RTE MCT
STD 1500Z | ALTN EGSS
FLT NBR | EZY8002
EGGW/LTN
STA 1600Z
CRZ FL140
A319-111-CFM56-5B5/3-TI - MSN3735 - G-EZDU - PERF FACTOR +1.4
EGGW/LTN | CO RTE LTNSEN1
STD 1200Z | ALTN EGSS
FLT NBR | EZY8001
EGMC/SEN
STA 1300Z
CRZ FL FL80
EZY8002 then departed for LTN again 2hrs later:
A319-111-CFM56-5B5/3-TI - MSN3735 - G-EZDU - PERF FACTOR +1.4
EGMC/SEN |CO RTE MCT
STD 1500Z | ALTN EGSS
FLT NBR | EZY8002
EGGW/LTN
STA 1600Z
CRZ FL140
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Anybody know if the press release for the LTN-SZG winter flights, in which they added at the bottom of the release that there was a flight a day to MUC was an error on Easyjets behalf or will actually happen?
I ask as there was speculation the STN-MUC flights might be moved but it appears on the early release of summer 2012 that they will still operate.
I ask as there was speculation the STN-MUC flights might be moved but it appears on the early release of summer 2012 that they will still operate.
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according to a national newspaer flights from sen are outselling stn on like for like destinations by 3 to 1,maybe easy could send a few more planes to sen
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The low-cost model is that prices are low to start with, until bookings come in, then they start to rise as the aircraft fills up (as I'm sure LTNman knows).
From one website re-the SEN flights: "departing southend to alicante thu 5 april return 12 april lowest fare £124.98!! compare that to £86.98 from stanstead." (I haven't checked them myself though). I'm sure there are still some cheaper ones around though.
And, yes, I'm sure the novelty value coupled with the initial marketing has greatly helped these SEN sales, but I'm sure that the attractive product being offered by SEN also helps.
From one website re-the SEN flights: "departing southend to alicante thu 5 april return 12 april lowest fare £124.98!! compare that to £86.98 from stanstead." (I haven't checked them myself though). I'm sure there are still some cheaper ones around though.
And, yes, I'm sure the novelty value coupled with the initial marketing has greatly helped these SEN sales, but I'm sure that the attractive product being offered by SEN also helps.
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It's going to be an interesting one. Im not sure that STN has ever been a real priority for easyJet, being inherited from GO, it was useful to provide more LON coverage that LTN could do on its own. But LGW was coming into favour and expanding at the time. There is strong competition from FR too, these days. Can't help but wonder if easyJet are looking for alternatives to their STN operation?