Suckling Airways
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2.5% payrise, not bad in the grand scheme of things.
I would say Suckling would have gone under without Loganair's intervention.
I'd say Bish needs a new job elsewhere, plenty fresh faces needing their first flying job.
I would say Suckling would have gone under without Loganair's intervention.
I'd say Bish needs a new job elsewhere, plenty fresh faces needing their first flying job.
Suckling seemed to have cornered the market in shuttling Premier League football teams around, with Eastern and BMIR a long way behind - don't seem as prevalent this year, anybody know why?
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Suckling / scotairways
SO whats new at Scotair nowadays? They still at Cambridge? read years ago that local authorities were proposing closing the airfield down as it is prime land for housing. Any info?
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The SA fleet are all tasked with long term contracts, hence very few football charters.
As for running the place, Loganair are keeping a tighter ship as Mrs Suckling has all but left the building!
As for running the place, Loganair are keeping a tighter ship as Mrs Suckling has all but left the building!
Anyone who actually encountered one of Suckling's major football team charters will have found that one of the aspects of success was the way that Mrs S personally, having worked on the commercial and sales side of such work during the week, would then very often go along with it and ensure that everything was just so at every stage of the proceedings. That sort of service sold these high-earning charters.
One has gone, and now the other has gone. No surprise there.
One has gone, and now the other has gone. No surprise there.
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WHBM, couldn't agree more with what you have said.
But one or two football charters won't pay the bills long term, hence return to profit this year with all available aircraft flying. Mrs S was good at the commercial pink and fluffy I'll give you that!
But one or two football charters won't pay the bills long term, hence return to profit this year with all available aircraft flying. Mrs S was good at the commercial pink and fluffy I'll give you that!
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Sad day, all remaining CBG staff have been served notice, Suckling AOC to be relinquished, and everything to be absorbed by Logan. Merlyn has resigned as a director. End of era.
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Sadly it was only a matter of time before this happened once Suckling had been acquired by Logan - such a shame that the company could not have remained independent. 
Feel so sorry for all those affected by this as, despite the infamous reputation of some of the management team, I had some of my best working years at this company, meeting some wonderful characters amongst the flight crew and CBG head office staff.
Truly is the end of an era, my best wishes to you all.
Feel so sorry for all those affected by this as, despite the infamous reputation of some of the management team, I had some of my best working years at this company, meeting some wonderful characters amongst the flight crew and CBG head office staff.
Truly is the end of an era, my best wishes to you all.
