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Simple. Get each tels eng to do more e.g. 3 days at DSA, 2 days at DTVA. More work for less (or if you're lucky, the same) pay. It's what everyone seems to be expected to do now. Aren't they doing it already?
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I have been "centralised" 4 times over the years although not in the airline industry. The idea and the figures always look compelling on paper but it has never worked. After 3/4 years more money is being spent and the service has always suffered. People decline to take ownership of problems and solve them. As part of a large call centre, which albeit more skilled is what it will be, the controllers will be more inclined to pass the problem up the chain. Loyalty and the spirit of " give and take" suffers and people come to work as a job rather than to enjoy what they are doing.
The person whose idea it is at the beginning has increased his wages by clever presentation of his workload figures and his empire soon starts to expand. Targets,which make the head of operations look good, are set and they are rigidly enforced to the detriment of everything else.
Unless you are on the board of Peel,then I would start looking for accomodation in Liverpool because this appears to be a fait accompli .
Still look on the bright side they could have centralised it to Newcastle!!
The person whose idea it is at the beginning has increased his wages by clever presentation of his workload figures and his empire soon starts to expand. Targets,which make the head of operations look good, are set and they are rigidly enforced to the detriment of everything else.
Unless you are on the board of Peel,then I would start looking for accomodation in Liverpool because this appears to be a fait accompli .
Still look on the bright side they could have centralised it to Newcastle!!
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...As part of a large call centre, which albeit more skilled is what it will be, the controllers will be.............
Fortunately then the reality is that it will never happen though only for the simple reason!, in respect of safety then no one would be able to understand the controllers...........
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The Thomson load figures for February look absolutely brilliant. Lowest 90% and the highest 100%. There has been very little discounting so the yields must have been stupendous. I understand that Thomson are running the same schedule for next winter.Great shame they couldn't find summer slots this year but who knows for next and perhaps Thomas Cook may be looking at the figures enviously.
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Parmo, very little discounting????? Egypt has had to be heavily discounted in order to sell since the troubles flared up.
This morning on Thomsons website: Coral Sea Resort All Inclusive from MME Sunday 10th April - Total price for two £1,094 - includes web saving of £720!!
From NCL, the same holiday departing on Thursday 7th April is £996.
On Sunday 3rd April, from MME same holiday is £960.
It'll probably be no different from other airports but it demonstrates how much discounting is taking place to sell Egypt holidays at present.
Of course it is selling at those prices but it won't be making money.
This morning on Thomsons website: Coral Sea Resort All Inclusive from MME Sunday 10th April - Total price for two £1,094 - includes web saving of £720!!
From NCL, the same holiday departing on Thursday 7th April is £996.
On Sunday 3rd April, from MME same holiday is £960.
It'll probably be no different from other airports but it demonstrates how much discounting is taking place to sell Egypt holidays at present.
Of course it is selling at those prices but it won't be making money.
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The figures released are up to the end of February. They also include Tenerife and Alicante. Let's wait and see how they develop because after all everyone is in the same boat over the Red Sea resorts.
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Looks like Thomson Holidays have dropped Sharm flights for next winter probably due to the on going situation out in the region
Alicante and Tenerife are still bookable at the moment though
Alicante and Tenerife are still bookable at the moment though
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MME - awful airport
There has been a thread on the Northern Echo about the standards at MME and I wish to add my comments and bring your attention to this awful airport.I would wish Peel airports would look to the comments posted on Northern Echo and take heed.
It would be a mild word to use when I say that the security/ border control staff can be "overzealous" with arrivees. The degree of questioning oversteps the mark for any other airport I know, including Heathrow. They may be bored but the aggression they show and the extent of questioning really needs to be investigated. I thought that it was a one-off and it was part of travelling but the number of arrivees being interviewed for more than an hour and with a degree of aggression is unacceptable by any standards I have seen in any airport.
Also, the security in the arrivals area is appalling. I picked someone up from the arrivals area and had to wait for some considerable time. In the arrivals area there was an aggressive drunk who was in no way controlled. He persisted in his behaviour because there was no visible presence of security or police staff. When I pointed out to the floor walker that I found the person's behaviour unacceptable and that I anticipated a conflict when I collected the arrivee from the airport, no staff reacted. In this case, I had to use considerable aggression of my own to get to get out of the terminal building.
Failure to control such behaviour and unprofessional passport control staff takes this pathetic airport into the standards of the worst airports in the world.
It would be a mild word to use when I say that the security/ border control staff can be "overzealous" with arrivees. The degree of questioning oversteps the mark for any other airport I know, including Heathrow. They may be bored but the aggression they show and the extent of questioning really needs to be investigated. I thought that it was a one-off and it was part of travelling but the number of arrivees being interviewed for more than an hour and with a degree of aggression is unacceptable by any standards I have seen in any airport.
Also, the security in the arrivals area is appalling. I picked someone up from the arrivals area and had to wait for some considerable time. In the arrivals area there was an aggressive drunk who was in no way controlled. He persisted in his behaviour because there was no visible presence of security or police staff. When I pointed out to the floor walker that I found the person's behaviour unacceptable and that I anticipated a conflict when I collected the arrivee from the airport, no staff reacted. In this case, I had to use considerable aggression of my own to get to get out of the terminal building.
Failure to control such behaviour and unprofessional passport control staff takes this pathetic airport into the standards of the worst airports in the world.
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The weekly train service got a mention in this BBC clip I just watched: BBC News - Missed the bus? The route that runs only four times year
The flash mob event is soon, isn't it?
The flash mob event is soon, isn't it?
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Mob:
1. A large disorderly crowd or throng.
2. The mass of common people; the populace.
3. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.
4. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things:
Any of these work with just six folks????
1. A large disorderly crowd or throng.
2. The mass of common people; the populace.
3. An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.
4. An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things:
Any of these work with just six folks????
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The flash Mob might of worked better if they had advertised it say the week before and then possibly got on the train at Darlington and gotten off at the airport.
The station needs moving from its current possition to somewhere near the enterance road so that pax can get on the passing buses. Also the railway system could be upgraded to the system were you push a button if you want the train to stop, but who pays!
With the present station moved hangar four could be put back to aviation and possibly the skeleton of hangar five.
The station needs moving from its current possition to somewhere near the enterance road so that pax can get on the passing buses. Also the railway system could be upgraded to the system were you push a button if you want the train to stop, but who pays!
With the present station moved hangar four could be put back to aviation and possibly the skeleton of hangar five.
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Good public transport links rely on a lot of inbound passengers visiting an area, and needing to get to a town or city. Most outbound passengers park their car, get a lift off their mate or take a shared taxi. It's cheaper, and much more convenient, than public transport.
I do travel to DSA by public transport if possible, but this is inconvenient for early departures or late arrivals. The passengers I have seen on public transport were a few odd Poles or Spaniards going to Sheffield. The specific 707 bus was withdrawn, just leaving the normal stopping X19 and 91 services.
So unless a load of foreign tourists start to visit MME I would not see improved public transport as viable or efficient.
I do travel to DSA by public transport if possible, but this is inconvenient for early departures or late arrivals. The passengers I have seen on public transport were a few odd Poles or Spaniards going to Sheffield. The specific 707 bus was withdrawn, just leaving the normal stopping X19 and 91 services.
So unless a load of foreign tourists start to visit MME I would not see improved public transport as viable or efficient.
Airport information services, who pays what
For many years a visitor to Teesside airport could have questions answered at the information desk. Peel came up with the great idea of connecting an intercom to Liverpool airport and thus being able to sack the staff at Teesside.
In a recent conversation I herd a rumour that Teesside now supposidly pays Liverpool £80.000 for this service. Can anyone confirm or deny this!
In a recent conversation I herd a rumour that Teesside now supposidly pays Liverpool £80.000 for this service. Can anyone confirm or deny this!
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I see bmibaby are pulling out of Cardiff and Manchester according to their website - wonder if a former Director from our airport who is now at Cardiff had a hand in their departure??
Either way a rather sweet irony.
Either way a rather sweet irony.