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- Extension of existing first floor slab and associated infrastructure works at pier B Ref. No: 23/06298/IN|Status: ACC
- Construction of a two storey building and associated works to infill below pier B at pier B infill Ref. No: 23/09124/IN|Status: ACC
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If anyone is wondering how a government examination of a planning application can cost the airport owners £68m at the last count then have a look at the index that grows by the day and maybe click on a document or two. Just the index runs to 89 pages. Some of the documents are over 500 pages long.
https://infrastructure.planninginspe...%20Library.pdf
https://infrastructure.planninginspe...%20Library.pdf
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I read this as with a change in Government likely next year, accelerated growth
https://www.progressivebritain.org/i...rowth-mission/
https://www.progressivebritain.org/i...rowth-mission/
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It is not very often that I read a story that is 100% BS but then it was written by LRT so I shouldn’t be surprised.
Edit, it was written by the Council leader, someone not noted for independent thought.
Edit, it was written by the Council leader, someone not noted for independent thought.
"Airport expansion will drive fair, high-quality and well-paid jobs"
This is the only tune LRT seem capable of singing!........It's almost total rubbish and the bulk of workers will still be on minimum wage unsociable shift work!
This is the only tune LRT seem capable of singing!........It's almost total rubbish and the bulk of workers will still be on minimum wage unsociable shift work!
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Back in 1992 I took up 6 month seasonal contract at a business operating at the airport. I worked hard and was committed in my role. Subsequently the management asked me to consider being full time. Eventually I became a supervisor and 4 years later I was promoted to Manager and responsible for 16 staff. I consider that success. If I could do it; so can anyone else if given the opportunity!
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In the 1990s, Lee Baker Street that is entirely possible and believable. Unfortunately, staff are now expected to work longer for less. One friend of mine changed jobs a couple of years ago and liked that they promised schedued, 1 hour, lunch breaks, an improvement on their current job. After being there for a couple of years, lunch is 15 minutes MAX. Sometimes, not even time to go to the loo. Not to mention not having enough staff for the work load.
Currently, the friend works part time. The company have asked them to take on more days. They have refused as they already work 1.5 hours extra every day (with no proper lunch break) and it is clear it is the same all the other days.
From my experience (I am 67), it is the same now in the public and private sector in the UK. YES - you can earn promotion and, eventually, a decent wage, BUT - getting there? The Pandemic has shown millions what it is like to work under less pressure.
I strongly suspect that many previous employees at LTN, will not return to the long hours, heavy work and unpredictable shifts - without a decent wage. But, the Brits are firmly of the view that air travel should be as cheap as possible. Indeed, as with many nations, they wish to pay as little as possible and earn as much as possible. That is understandable but, after 40 years of this, we are where we are. If people want better wages to do the work - then people will have to pay higher costs.
Nope. It will provide more of the same kind of jobs A few 'high-quality and well-paid' but, mostly, low quality and low paid.
Currently, the friend works part time. The company have asked them to take on more days. They have refused as they already work 1.5 hours extra every day (with no proper lunch break) and it is clear it is the same all the other days.
From my experience (I am 67), it is the same now in the public and private sector in the UK. YES - you can earn promotion and, eventually, a decent wage, BUT - getting there? The Pandemic has shown millions what it is like to work under less pressure.
I strongly suspect that many previous employees at LTN, will not return to the long hours, heavy work and unpredictable shifts - without a decent wage. But, the Brits are firmly of the view that air travel should be as cheap as possible. Indeed, as with many nations, they wish to pay as little as possible and earn as much as possible. That is understandable but, after 40 years of this, we are where we are. If people want better wages to do the work - then people will have to pay higher costs.
"Airport expansion will drive fair, high-quality and well-paid jobs"
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Hence why UKGOV won't do anything about immigration levels. People from poorer countries flock to UK and will work long hours for peanuts whereas Brits won't (quite right too). Blame UKGOV, like everything else that's gone wrong with this country.
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The BS claim is that 11,000 new jobs will be created, meanwhile in the new world, jobs are disappearing fast at the airport. This time next year the security lanes at the airport will be reduced by a third. Most passengers will be expected to self check-in while retail will have more self check-outs. At arrivals, Border Force staff are being replaced by self scanner passport readers. The airport has even introduced robots to replace those on £10 an hour. Self driving airport vehicles will be next with more automation on baggage handling coming soon.
How will the number of security lanes be reduced ? Won't that create long queues of passengers waiting to head to departures and reducing the time and money they can spend in the shops ?
The point about Border Force people being replaced by automated readers is a good thing. Since the machines were introduced, queue tines for Brits arriving in the UK have fallen significantly. Putting a passport into a reader and waiting for records to be pulled up is a deeply dull thing to do all day and sonething that can be delegated to arriving pax. Border Force people are meant to be focussed on the more difficult things, like catching people on small dinghies in the Channel, not rubber stamping the right of UK citizens to enter the UK.
The point about Border Force people being replaced by automated readers is a good thing. Since the machines were introduced, queue tines for Brits arriving in the UK have fallen significantly. Putting a passport into a reader and waiting for records to be pulled up is a deeply dull thing to do all day and sonething that can be delegated to arriving pax. Border Force people are meant to be focussed on the more difficult things, like catching people on small dinghies in the Channel, not rubber stamping the right of UK citizens to enter the UK.
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Security lanes are being reduced due to the government requirement to upgrade scanning equipment meaning less stops and searches and a much faster throughput with no 100ml liquid limit.
https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/pe...nology-4043749
There was also a tender out to remodel the security area.
https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/pe...nology-4043749
There was also a tender out to remodel the security area.
The point about Border Force people being replaced by automated readers is a good thing. Since the machines were introduced, queue tines for Brits arriving in the UK have fallen significantly. Putting a passport into a reader and waiting for records to be pulled up is a deeply dull thing to do all day and sonething that can be delegated to arriving pax. Border Force people are meant to be focussed on the more difficult things, like catching people on small dinghies in the Channel, not rubber stamping the right of UK citizens to enter the UK.
Achieving more with a mix of automation and less reliance on manual labour so as to save costs is part of capitalism. The Luddite movement began formally over 200 years ago at the start of the Industrial Revolution. I suspect many monks employed as scribes for copying books were unhappy when Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1440