Bad Day For Groundstar

[Alan Tracey]

Groundstar got off to a bad start on their first day at LGW.

All 3 (!!!!) Monarch flts delayed........DOH!

[cargosales]

Hardly surprising considering their track record at STN

Over an hour and a half for bags to come through :mad: :mad:

[redfield]

Reminds me of the day Groundstar took over the contract at Newcastle. They had the steps up at the aircraft door in exactly the right position, all ready for the fastest most efficient disembarkation ever. Then the cabin crew opened the a/c door and it landed on top of the steps. DOH! Admittedly a handling agent will make mistakes when starting a new handling contract, but this took the chocolate hobnob!:mad:

[Buggs Bunny]

Any one know how they got on at MAN with the cutover on the JMC contract.

Also how did MYT get on self handling??

Would be interested to know as it could change life as we know it...Jim.

[Touch'n'oops]

The Groundstar crew at Stansted are the hardest working lads and lasses! I worked for six months with them as Pax agent and baggage handler.

The Pax agents/despatchers/baggage handlers have a lot of pride in getting a/c away ontime. Just sometimes sod's law kicks in.

As for bags taking a long time... I think you need to look at the sodding passengers who decide to pack 30Kg into one bag!!!! Try moving those all day. It also doesn't help that teams work short of men.

So give us a break!!!

[Letsparty24/7]

I hear that MYT handling at MAN has got off to a good start with no real problems. Reports from people who started there are all positive (apart from a few expected teething troubles).

For such a big change I can only see this developing further.

Watch this space folks!