View Full Version : BA to Close Manchester Crew Base
ABird747
26th Jul 2006, 20:06
British Airways announced today that they're gonna close the Shuttle base at Manchester by the start of the winter schedule. They also said that they'll be looking at the Glasgow Shuttle base aswell.
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Tombowler
27th Jul 2006, 09:19
:ugh: Ooops.. watch out for more unhappy crew arriving at london bases soon then! wonder how this gem can possibly save any cash at all....
banewboi
31st Jul 2006, 10:15
when did this ge4t announced? how many crew will it affect?
Hand Solo
31st Jul 2006, 21:28
wonder how this gem can possibly save any cash at all....
Well if it can stop any of the following:
having an A319 crewed by 2 CSDs, 3 Pursers and one main crew for a 40 minute flight.......
having aforementioned crew sitting around in the CAT lounge all day because the delay inbound means they won't do the middle 2 sectors then going home at the end of the day.......
positioning whole crews from LHR to MAN, bumping off commercial pax, so that the LHR crew can cover the flights the MAN crew won't do......
positioning LHR crew to MAN to sit on standby up there to cover staff shortages....
...then BA will be on the way to saving money. MAN only makes sense as a base for as long as it's cheaper to run than the cost of nightstopping LHR crews there. With the number of old contract, senior grade crew up there, plus their lack of productivity and legendary militancy when it comes to their working agreements it's unlikely they can do the job for less than the cost of nightstopping an LHR crew there on a split duty.
But at least the MAN crews offered a willing smile and friendly service which is a far cry from the surly bunch of prima-donnas that you meet from LHR!:*
3Greens
1st Aug 2006, 11:11
What smiles were these then? I am sorry to see the MAN base closed but to be honest the writing has been on the wall for years. I am at a loss to work out how they have got away with being so unproductive for so long. The Scottish base will soon follow.