Belfast International-2
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NI
Posts: 1,033
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
B738 G-NPTA doing more back-and-forth training today and then rumoured to be operating the mail service out of Belfast this evening; its first revenue flight since becoming a freighter.
OK it's not that exciting but nice to have something new at Belfast.
OK it's not that exciting but nice to have something new at Belfast.
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 464
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
careful Bunto, that kind of positivity doesn't go down well on the NI airport threads 😉
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Belfast
Age: 40
Posts: 244
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Social media reports suggest there was another morning of security delays today.
I’ll take it with a pinch of salt unless someone can confirm it happened again? The inconsistency of the occurrences is a bit worrying.
I’ll take it with a pinch of salt unless someone can confirm it happened again? The inconsistency of the occurrences is a bit worrying.
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Greater Aldergrove
Age: 52
Posts: 851
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Now it could have been a snapshot, and it may have been almost 400 people heading for Florida, but even so, it doesn't come across well. The airport seems to have been doing mostly good things recently, but this could set it back quite a bit, if it gets such a reputation.
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 101
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There was one picture on Twitter showing the area between the escalators and the doors into security absolutely bunged. And it's not even the holidays yet!
Now it could have been a snapshot, and it may have been almost 400 people heading for Florida, but even so, it doesn't come across well. The airport seems to have been doing mostly good things recently, but this could set it back quite a bit, if it gets such a reputation.
Now it could have been a snapshot, and it may have been almost 400 people heading for Florida, but even so, it doesn't come across well. The airport seems to have been doing mostly good things recently, but this could set it back quite a bit, if it gets such a reputation.
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Belfast
Age: 40
Posts: 244
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Join Date: May 2011
Location: antrim
Age: 63
Posts: 0
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I refer back to my post 1112. While I have a degree of sympathy for the airport, it is tempered by the knowledge that they themselves have chosen to go down this route. In their attempt to cut corners and save cash while outsourcing they have chosen the most competitive tender, i.e. the cheapest. This is the end result. An employer that doesn't look after its staff cannot expect any form of staff loyalty or staff that will go the extra mile. You will simply get a high turnover of people that don't give a hoot what flights passengers miss or not, can you blame the security staff on the ground? Not really. The fault goes way further up the ladder, I would suggest as far as the chief bean counters office. You reap what you sow.
A summer of bad publicity will not bode well for the airport or maybe they subscribe to the Ryanair policy - there is no such thing as bad publicity!
UK airports with worst departing flight delays revealed - BBC News
Oh dear, looks like City is better performance but that may well be because there are decreasing numbers of people using it!
A summer of bad publicity will not bode well for the airport or maybe they subscribe to the Ryanair policy - there is no such thing as bad publicity!
UK airports with worst departing flight delays revealed - BBC News
Oh dear, looks like City is better performance but that may well be because there are decreasing numbers of people using it!
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: N.Ireland
Posts: 1,752
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
29 Alpha
The full summer schedule has still to hit BFS. Wait until Jet2 have 4 aircraft departing each morning and afternoon, EZY bring in their new aircraft, BH air up to 3 flights per week, Ernest Air, Luxair !!!!!
Maybe I should camp overnight in departures to avoid the rush
The full summer schedule has still to hit BFS. Wait until Jet2 have 4 aircraft departing each morning and afternoon, EZY bring in their new aircraft, BH air up to 3 flights per week, Ernest Air, Luxair !!!!!
Maybe I should camp overnight in departures to avoid the rush
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ballymena
Posts: 1,438
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I often wonder at what point does the cost of out-sourcing become greater than doing it yourself, in terms of poor service and all the other issues that arise?
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Behind a desk, dreaming of the sky
Posts: 517
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It's like the NHS, a lot of the cost would go to agency workers. If you brought all these people in house, you'd probably get better results, but then you have to pay them year round (or tinker with Fixed term contracts), which is why agency staff can be returned when no longer needed.
I woul.d speculate you'd need half and half. Half to stay permanently, and half for the summer peak. as to the exact figure that would be...thats anyones guess
I woul.d speculate you'd need half and half. Half to stay permanently, and half for the summer peak. as to the exact figure that would be...thats anyones guess
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: co antrim
Age: 66
Posts: 74
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The infrastructure has not grown with the large increase in passengers. The building is not big enough and the search area only has 6 lanes hence the problems when its busy. It may be mentioned that more cabin baggage is going through central search than in previous years and less hold baggage being checked in. How things change
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Belfast
Age: 40
Posts: 244
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Fast Track Security
For anyone interested, below is direct from the airport regarding the up front or on the day purchase on Fast Track security at the moment.
“we can advise that the option to purchase Priority Security at the airport has been withdrawn and online sales have been restricted at peak times in an effort to manage the expectation of our regular Priority Security customers.”
“we can advise that the option to purchase Priority Security at the airport has been withdrawn and online sales have been restricted at peak times in an effort to manage the expectation of our regular Priority Security customers.”
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: N.Ireland
Posts: 1,752
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Got this promotional email from BFS this morning
Re: ☀️11 things to do on a sunny day in Northern Ireland ☀️
Wonder what number 12 would be?? Enjoying the sunny security check??
Re: ☀️11 things to do on a sunny day in Northern Ireland ☀️
Wonder what number 12 would be?? Enjoying the sunny security check??
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 101
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: NI
Posts: 1,033
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Which is why it's really hard to revert outsourcing, I've been involved in that process for more than a decade in IT and even if we can show that costs will be lower by bringing back in-house there's still the problem of assuming risk of employing all those people again.
Join Date: May 2011
Location: antrim
Age: 63
Posts: 0
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
El Bunto - valid points. The irony is that if a company looks after its staff with decent Terms and Conditions and doesn't continually try and shaft them in order for the higher management echelons to get their performance bonus, staff will actually stay! If they are employed with a company that actually looks on them as assets that can be beneficial to the business rather than a business expense that needs to be reduced then loyalty will follow.
How many senior management levels within companies are on the same Terms and Conditions as the Joe Bloggs workers? Not many I would bet, but yet these same management types seem to think it is perfectly acceptable to screw those below in order for those on the higher levels to continue with the perks they believe they deserve. There has been a race to the bottom in past years for ordinary workers, I'm not sure if we have reached the lowest point yet but certainly the gap between those that actually do the work against those that declare themselves directors etc is patently unfair.
Sorry for the rant and thread drift but I think its unfair just to blame the security guys and gals at Aldergrove for the screw ups over the last few weeks. The blame goes further up the tree in my opinion. I have no doubt the proper summer schedule will bring further issues as has already been noted but if I was working a minimum wage job with aggro from both the public and also my bosses would I give a sh*t either? Probably not!
How many senior management levels within companies are on the same Terms and Conditions as the Joe Bloggs workers? Not many I would bet, but yet these same management types seem to think it is perfectly acceptable to screw those below in order for those on the higher levels to continue with the perks they believe they deserve. There has been a race to the bottom in past years for ordinary workers, I'm not sure if we have reached the lowest point yet but certainly the gap between those that actually do the work against those that declare themselves directors etc is patently unfair.
Sorry for the rant and thread drift but I think its unfair just to blame the security guys and gals at Aldergrove for the screw ups over the last few weeks. The blame goes further up the tree in my opinion. I have no doubt the proper summer schedule will bring further issues as has already been noted but if I was working a minimum wage job with aggro from both the public and also my bosses would I give a sh*t either? Probably not!
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: N.Ireland
Posts: 1,752
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
And the delays continue, but not security this time
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-36938118.html
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-36938118.html