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I know people are seeing it on here as a flight deck or CC shortage but from how I see it it seems to be an aircraft shortage. The A320 is still here which the B752 was thought to be replacing with both operating the longer capacity routes that the A319 couldn't operate well some days anyways.
Lets take Monday for example:
A320 - 07:00 Bodrum 17:25 Alicante
B752 - 06:05 Alicante 13:50 Fuerteventura
Furthermore the arrival of the B752 was at the same time as to when the newer longer routes began operating. So what actually is the proper reason for the B752 at LPL?
Lets take Monday for example:
A320 - 07:00 Bodrum 17:25 Alicante
B752 - 06:05 Alicante 13:50 Fuerteventura
Furthermore the arrival of the B752 was at the same time as to when the newer longer routes began operating. So what actually is the proper reason for the B752 at LPL?
Join Date: Sep 2009
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A319 will be doing LPL-FUE on certain days ! Hope the winds are favourable or the pax will have something to add to their postcard when they tech-stop in Portugal somewhere !
I am doing this route in August. I'm hoping for the 757 to be honest.
They are up against FR on this route who (obviously) deploy 738s and they will always make it non stop under normal circumstances....
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I see more cancellations again today at Bfs and Lgw. This pattern is becoming much too frequent. I am a frequent Ezy user, but doubts are creeping into my mind and others will be starting to have the same doubts. If management do not see the damage being done with these actions, I fear Ezy will become a damaged brand and will be in trouble. How long before others start advertising based on poor Ezy stats? In my opinion, the running of the airline at the minute does not seem to be good enough.
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All this talk of crew shortages causing delays cancellations etc... Can't EZY recruit more cabin crew / flight crew? I know plenty of people who would love to work for EZY or as cabincrew etc. Or is it that they can't afford or don't want to afford to employ anymore people? 
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my thoughts exactly. assuming that they have the aircraft to fly the programme that THEY have put on sale, there are now plenty on pilots/cabin staff available, even if only for a few months over the busy summer season. So is this just bad planning? If so, then the person in charge of this should be out the door by now, bet he/she isn't.
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not that long ago Ezy put many of its regional crews (cabin and flight) on redundancy notice (incl BFS) and forced many to relocate to other locations. Now they are cancelling flights all over the place because they haven't enough crew. In any world other the Easyjet somebody's head would be on a plate for that 
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There are not enough crew and there is no spare training capacity to train new hires, should the management even try it now. The employees have been telling the company this since autumn, but management knew better and rewarded themselves with fat bonus checks as a reward for keeping crew costs low. Must be amazing to get that first management job as ability seems to be no factor in getiing subsequent jobs.
As a user of EZY from LPL, so far I have not been affected. However, I have been monitoring the regular level of cancelled flights from LPL.
I am now looking at using other carriers from MAN instead, until the EZY problems are resolved. Somebody, somewhere have shot themselves in the foot this summer. I believe they now have 3 (?) sub leased aircraft but there are still cancellations accross the network.
Another publicity gift to the Irish me thinks.
I am now looking at using other carriers from MAN instead, until the EZY problems are resolved. Somebody, somewhere have shot themselves in the foot this summer. I believe they now have 3 (?) sub leased aircraft but there are still cancellations accross the network.
Another publicity gift to the Irish me thinks.
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This regular cancellation of flights badly affected NCL a couple of summers ago (crew shortage also the alleged problem at the time). In my view, EZY at NCL has never recovered from that. Yes, some forget, or were never affected, but many were, and still don't have confidence. If there is another summer of this at NCL, I could see that being the nail in the coffin.
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I went LTN-SXF last tuesday and we we're delayed 20 mins for a connecting crew member who was needed to posn to SXF to operate from there. Not a problem but slightly surprised when a CC turned up. On arrival @ SXF there was a A320 waiting for him!!!! ....
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How many 757s are coming? Someone else mentioned the 757 which I seen this morning was the second one leased from Astreaus? There is also an Iceland Express 757 parked at DUB looks like its ready for some painting, is that the 3rd one?