Eastern - IOM - Bradford
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: South of the Watford Gap, East of Portland
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I'm not sure about 'knackered' but certainly 'space challenged' J41s ex BACX will be on the route operated (probably) by extremely p****d-off BACX flight crew who have been 'seconded' to Eastern for probably as long as it takes to liberate Iraq.
The whole affair has been a complete disgrace from a personnel management angle and opinion has it that BACX have virtually given the J41 operation to Eastern with lease and training subsidy sweeteners and were not talking bucket loads of Canderel here!.
The whole affair has been a complete disgrace from a personnel management angle and opinion has it that BACX have virtually given the J41 operation to Eastern with lease and training subsidy sweeteners and were not talking bucket loads of Canderel here!.
Indeed - I remember picking up my girlfriend from "Geoff Boycott International" (sorry..LBA). She hadn't been to the north before, walked out of the terminal and wondered where all the buildings had gone!
Join Date: Mar 2003
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I am a load controller/CSA for BACX and from speaking to the BACX J41 pilots it seems that most, if not all of them are being transferred onto the ATP fleet.
As far am I'm aware, EA are using the Ex BACX J41 (they may be a bit knackered but they break down less than the ATP's, thats for sure) and BACX on the Isle of Man are the handling agents.
As far am I'm aware, EA are using the Ex BACX J41 (they may be a bit knackered but they break down less than the ATP's, thats for sure) and BACX on the Isle of Man are the handling agents.
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Matti W
I assume you work on the Isle of Man, its fairly obvious from the fact that you think 'most if not all the J41 captains are transferring to the ATP'. For your information you have one out of 12 jetstreams on the Island, that means a very small minority of the J41 flight crew. Most of the J41 captains in Newcastle and Leeds are not being transferred to other commands on other aircraft, instead they are being demoted to first officer jobs. Your comment is typical of someone that is leading a sheltered life on the island.
I assume you work on the Isle of Man, its fairly obvious from the fact that you think 'most if not all the J41 captains are transferring to the ATP'. For your information you have one out of 12 jetstreams on the Island, that means a very small minority of the J41 flight crew. Most of the J41 captains in Newcastle and Leeds are not being transferred to other commands on other aircraft, instead they are being demoted to first officer jobs. Your comment is typical of someone that is leading a sheltered life on the island.
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Ahh, ok, my mistake. Infact we have about 4 ex manx airlines bacx j41 captains based on the isle of man. What I meant was that these captains have been transferred to the ATP fleet
