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BA CityFlyer cabin crew have rejected the 2019 pay offer 84% versus 16%.
On offer was an increase of 2.6% for main crew and 3% for CSMs (basic pay and allowances), plus 3.5% increase in flight duty pay (amounting to a boost of 10p an hour).
On offer was an increase of 2.6% for main crew and 3% for CSMs (basic pay and allowances), plus 3.5% increase in flight duty pay (amounting to a boost of 10p an hour).
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https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...rofits-460758/
BA CityFlyer made profits of £42million last year.
BA CityFlyer made profits of £42million last year.
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Are the six E170s more or less allocated to a few specific destinations or do they freely roam across the network, e.g. by operating off-peak flights on routes otherwise served with the larger E90s and peak-time flights on low-frequency, thinner routes?
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Virgin blue FR24 is your friend , Enter the six registrations in the search and it will tell you where they have been in the few days even on the free version
Primary routes are
Amsterdam Dublin Zurich Edinburgh Glasgow Frankfurt Prague Düsseldorf Florence Rotterdam
Secondary routes are
Nice Quimper Bergerac
They have also been to Palma
All in the last two months
Primary routes are
Amsterdam Dublin Zurich Edinburgh Glasgow Frankfurt Prague Düsseldorf Florence Rotterdam
Secondary routes are
Nice Quimper Bergerac
They have also been to Palma
All in the last two months
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As IAG group-wide procurement of next generation regional jets is taking longer than expected, in 2020 the E170s are planned to be sold and replaced by leased E190s. A preferred buyer for the 170s has been selected and a preferred lessor for the 190s. No word on whether the 190s will be new or second hand but I’d imagine the latter.
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Will be interesting to see who will take on the E170s - it is not exactly a sought after type. Disregarding Japanese carrier J-Air that has added 3 or 4 new-builts over the last couple of years, the last new built Embraer 170 was delivered in 2013 in 2013 to Airnorth after delivieries had started to trickle after 2009. Quite a few are now stored or have already been scrapped.
What I am, however, more interested in is whether the destinations mainly served with E170 (and not just off-peak) will survive after an upgrade to E190s - I guess DUS will be relatively safe as BACF can now lure ex Flybe customers onboard. Not sure about a place like RTM which is, IIRC, also a " mainly E170 destination".
What I am, however, more interested in is whether the destinations mainly served with E170 (and not just off-peak) will survive after an upgrade to E190s - I guess DUS will be relatively safe as BACF can now lure ex Flybe customers onboard. Not sure about a place like RTM which is, IIRC, also a " mainly E170 destination".
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Will be interesting to see who will take on the E170s - it is not exactly a sought after type. Disregarding Japanese carrier J-Air that has added 3 or 4 new-builts over the last couple of years, the last new built Embraer 170 was delivered in 2013 in 2013 to Airnorth after delivieries had started to trickle after 2009. Quite a few are now stored or have already been scrapped.
What I am, however, more interested in is whether the destinations mainly served with E170 (and not just off-peak) will survive after an upgrade to E190s - I guess DUS will be relatively safe as BACF can now lure ex Flybe customers onboard. Not sure about a place like RTM which is, IIRC, also a " mainly E170 destination".
What I am, however, more interested in is whether the destinations mainly served with E170 (and not just off-peak) will survive after an upgrade to E190s - I guess DUS will be relatively safe as BACF can now lure ex Flybe customers onboard. Not sure about a place like RTM which is, IIRC, also a " mainly E170 destination".
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I imagine the cost difference between the E170 and E190 is fairly marginal. The crew complement is the same for both aircraft, so its fuel and airways costs. I imagine these are very small compared to the additional revenue that could be got from 22 additional seats on each flight.
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So why did BACF buy a number of E170 in the first place - this at a time when it was already selling poorly and thus probably not a brilliant hardware investment? Or are they leased?
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It’s a good question. I don’t think the E190 was certified at the time of the BA order, which was for just 11 aircraft. I think the 190 has proven to be less restricted than the initial figures suggested. I seem to recall MAD being a destination that was thought to be outside the 190s abilities. When they were ordered thoughts of the Greek Islands were fanciful.
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Two earlier City flights were cancelled, so assume there’s a problem somewhere with LM and BA sent their own metal.
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BACF is proposing to close the EDI crew base with loss of 72 pilots. https://www.balpa.org/Media-Centre/P...-the-Chancello
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The new normal. Just as Ts and Cs in airlines were getting somewhere, Covid gives an excuse to put them back to 'if you do not like it f^uck off' days. A quote from a chief pilot of an airline i used to work for.
BACF especially out of LCY is a great product with great crews.
I am only guessing that there is a group of clueless people in BA, wandering the halls, thinking they are the masters of management, saying we can get £x on the bottom line by reducing the terms and conditions for pilots as they have nowhere to go. Good luck with that strategy as they will repay you in kind when the chance arises.
Short term thinking, long term failure.
BACF especially out of LCY is a great product with great crews.
I am only guessing that there is a group of clueless people in BA, wandering the halls, thinking they are the masters of management, saying we can get £x on the bottom line by reducing the terms and conditions for pilots as they have nowhere to go. Good luck with that strategy as they will repay you in kind when the chance arises.
Short term thinking, long term failure.
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