bmiBaby threads (merged)
Jobs would be safe though!
The other things that's "safe" for sure is the steady decline in Terms and Conditions for pilots - that's before we mention brutal management tactics.
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Sadly for all of us, the writing has been on the wall for a very long time and although the management team now are a lot better, there has been years of inept mismanagement. The airline had a huge amount of potential when you think about it. First low-cost airline into East Midlands, Cardiff, Manchester and Teeside, plus profiteering from the closure of MyTravel Lite at Birmingham. Rather than build up the brand into a major name in regional low-cost flying, the airline ran from every battle we came up against, except at Fortress East Midlands.
Hopefully the opening of the Flybe and Monarch bases will benefit their own employees to transfer into East Midlands, but then have interviews offered to bmibaby staff before being open to the general public. Maybe that's wishful thinking, but WW has always had the worst management but the best flight crew, cabin crew, ground handling staff and guys in the office. What a terrible waste of what could've been very special.
Hopefully the opening of the Flybe and Monarch bases will benefit their own employees to transfer into East Midlands, but then have interviews offered to bmibaby staff before being open to the general public. Maybe that's wishful thinking, but WW has always had the worst management but the best flight crew, cabin crew, ground handling staff and guys in the office. What a terrible waste of what could've been very special.
Huge shame. Hope RYR and EZY don't take over and eventually kill every short haul airline in the UK and ruin everything...could happen.
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Second low cost airline into EMA. Baby was a knee jerk reaction to Go's arrival into EMA. Companies founded as knee jerk reactions start on the wrong footing.
Never has an airline with so few aircraft operated from so many bases and lost so much money as BmiBaby. Cardiff, East Midlands, Belfast, Manchester, Teeside, Gatwick.
I would love to know how much the baby experiment cost Bmi group over the years. £300 million? This has to include the £50 million LH paid British Airways to close it down.
Never has an airline with so few aircraft operated from so many bases and lost so much money as BmiBaby. Cardiff, East Midlands, Belfast, Manchester, Teeside, Gatwick.
I would love to know how much the baby experiment cost Bmi group over the years. £300 million? This has to include the £50 million LH paid British Airways to close it down.
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Just a quick question about BHD, but the reasons for shutting those routes early, were they some of the worst performing routes?
Lets hope that as many Baby staff pick up new roles with Flybe, Monarch, (and others) when they start picking up the slack.
Lets hope that as many Baby staff pick up new roles with Flybe, Monarch, (and others) when they start picking up the slack.
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I would love to know how much the baby experiment cost Bmi group over the years.
Wasn't there a profit related payout in 2005, or did I dream that? You'd need to wind the clock back further than that before you saw a black balance sheet at the hall.
Anyway instead of bitching about whose fault it all was, I'd rather offer sympathy to the guys and girls who didn't deserve this. Been there...
Good luck.