Loco airlines are the main protagonists at this for constantly demanding lower fees, airports with good timekeeping/safety are holding the bad ones up who arent even payed unless everything is ok!

Because they been allowed to get away with it for years.

Two different roles yes, that is true. I don't work for Swissport now, but I used to and made about the same a month.

Jet2 staff at BHX put others to shame-employed by the airline not an Agency.
It really does show,and at outstations as well
SS

More delays and cancellations
 

Thank you for all the replies and needless to say it carried on throughout the week but today even more delays and cancellations.

12 sectors gone today (around 17%) already on a much reduced schedule (6 yesterday) one four hour delay and now two with two hours plus delays as one has changed to cancelled (LRH plus BES & EGC now) and none have gone within 15 minutes until the Knock at 10.15.

I assume there isn't a viable short-term fix without making permanent route cancellations and that won't come until late summer.

There seems to be a strategy at BHX, cancelling the domestic routes without competition and train is an alternative, BHD comes off lightly not wanting to hand pax over to easyjet and if a European route gets cancelled it is usually one of the Amsterdam flights (5 a day) or Berlin (no competition).

Pete

And, whilst I haven't kept a very close eye on them, I have noticed that services to/from Manchester have also been effected - possibly only 2 or 3 per day but it all adds up.

Wednesday night was a bit of a mess. Quite.a few cancellations and several delays of 2 hours+

Do not allow them to organise a party at a brewery.

A couple of SOU departures had to carry out fuel stops at BOH yesterday due to the high air temps, all a bit embarrassing really.

No different from the times when their BAe 146s had to do the same if the OAT went above about 25C. If their starter strip gets planning approval and the pending tree work south of the runway is completed the increase in take-off weights may at last resolve the issue.

At least one of these was apparently a Q400, which I've not heard of before, but it was going to ALC.

Flybe “Crew Shortages”
 

Depends a bit on what sort of payoff Flybe is likely to give. If they are generous and make details of their geneeosity known to staff then they will stick around. Pay the legal minimum (1 week per year of employment ?) then not in the least surprised that cabin crew have decided to leave as soon as they find a new job.

There was a similiar story shortly before bmibaby shut down

More bad publicity for FlyBe - group of passengers denied boarding in AMS as they were disrupted; group plays racist card and claims it's because they're black. BBC picks the story and runs with it as though the airline were in the wrong.

Sometime FlyBe deserves what they get; on this occasion perhaps not. Kudos for the airline staff for denying them boarding and potentially causing discomfort to other paying passengers!

Acquisition has been cleared: https://www.flybe.com/media/news/1907/0705

Suspect Flybe customers at CWL, DSA and a few other locations may beg to differ.

Interesting they have stepped away from the initial blurb of committing to seamless Virgin experience across the network to a new brand experience to be announced shortly. Clearly not so clean cut a plan but at least it got the go ahead which is a positive for all concerned. Interesting times ahead.

Huge falls in passenger numbers at SOU - yet this is one of their key bases.

What is the future for this base given it's proximity to LHR?

Good if it's served properly. Rich catchment and a far superior passenger experience to any of the London airports. If I lived anywhere south of Farnborough/Aldershot/Guildford and SOU had the flights I needed it would definitely get my money over LHR just for the convenience, time saving and speed through the airport.