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ok so i have a VERY important question for the BHX (formerly) BA guys and gals. On behalf of many Flybe crew is there a smoking area airside at T2???
Cant be doing a Toulouse - Hannover without a roon!
Cant be doing a Toulouse - Hannover without a roon!
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Dear TeaAnyone21,
Heartbroken, you smoke! Tis the end of something wonderful, smokey kisses are not for this oldflyboy!
Yup, there is a nice ciggy littered bus shelter just outside the staff gate, a minutes walk from the crew room!
You'll never grow up to be a big strong girl if you smoke you know!
On Another Note:
So its official then, we are one company at last.
BUT how very SAD that the first thing Mr French does is close down a base! All those super people who fly from Bristol must be gutted. I just hope some of them come to Brum, Andy G used to commute after he had to leave cos he was too tall for the 145, guess it's OK if you live the Brum side of the City, but its still awful for all concerned.
Good Luck to all cabin and flight crew caught up in this particular upset.
Heartbroken, you smoke! Tis the end of something wonderful, smokey kisses are not for this oldflyboy!
Yup, there is a nice ciggy littered bus shelter just outside the staff gate, a minutes walk from the crew room!
You'll never grow up to be a big strong girl if you smoke you know!
On Another Note:
So its official then, we are one company at last.
BUT how very SAD that the first thing Mr French does is close down a base! All those super people who fly from Bristol must be gutted. I just hope some of them come to Brum, Andy G used to commute after he had to leave cos he was too tall for the 145, guess it's OK if you live the Brum side of the City, but its still awful for all concerned.
Good Luck to all cabin and flight crew caught up in this particular upset.
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I just wanted to say to oldflyboy that I too am sad that are eldest PM is to be leaving us very shortly, however I am sure we will be supported through the transition by the remaining 3 pm's as they have always done.
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Don't think I need to grow any more, wont fit on the 145 as it is! Thanks for the info. Many a smoker from flybe will be pleased.
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BUT how very SAD that the first thing Mr French does is close down a base! All those super people who fly from Bristol must be gutted
And this is a post I made on the 1st March
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can have ' some belife ' in that. When I was strutting my stuff at flybe many moons ago, flybe had quite an operation in IOM, ground staff increased there to. Then suddenly IOM routes seemed to disappear from many bases.
Flybe did many things when I was there, Open this base but we will close that one, oh now we will close the one we just opened and so on and so.
Not saying that is going to happen with the ' Merger ' as i am sure flybe have matured and learnt from those days.
Flybe did many things when I was there, Open this base but we will close that one, oh now we will close the one we just opened and so on and so.
Not saying that is going to happen with the ' Merger ' as i am sure flybe have matured and learnt from those days.
Sorry for the BRS guys. And for the BRS guys or if no BRS guys on here hopefully some of you kind BACON guys can pass this on. We are recruiting at easyjet for BRS at the moment so why not apply http://www.easyjet.co.uk/EN/Jobs/Cab...rew_index.html
You never know I might see some of you guys on recruitment days.
I wish the BRS lot good luck in whatever they do.
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just seen in the terms & endearments thread that pilots will be getting a £3000 bonus if they are still with the company in 3 months time.what about cabin crew????? seeing as WW has just given Mr French a nice payout!!!!!
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Good point mate, as a driver I wasnt aware that there was no payment to cabin crew.
I will not forget or forgive the people responsible for the BRS closure announcement. The first indication that I got was walking in to work past a row of weeping cabin crew.
Hope the idiots responsible can sleep at night, not.
I will not forget or forgive the people responsible for the BRS closure announcement. The first indication that I got was walking in to work past a row of weeping cabin crew.
Hope the idiots responsible can sleep at night, not.
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£3k for Captains, £1.5k for F/Os?
Nice one chaps, we probably are expendable as cabin crew, so no dosh for us, and mimimum uniform issue, no coats, 3 shirts, you try getting Mrs Oldflyboy to go down the laundrette every other day to get my shirts sorted! I can' because I will probably be working like a dog and anyway I can't serve customers with wrinkly wash day hands now can I??
And as for the welcome to flybe day! No real info, silly quizzes about uniform etc! DOH!
Still, only another 10 years till retirement...................
No wonder old Ian Mac is leaving, can't say I blame him!
And I was so looking forward a week or so ago
Ho Hum.
And please don't get me going about Bristol BIG MISTAKE JIM, NONE OF US FEEL WE CAN TRUST YOU NOW!!!!!!
Nice one chaps, we probably are expendable as cabin crew, so no dosh for us, and mimimum uniform issue, no coats, 3 shirts, you try getting Mrs Oldflyboy to go down the laundrette every other day to get my shirts sorted! I can' because I will probably be working like a dog and anyway I can't serve customers with wrinkly wash day hands now can I??
And as for the welcome to flybe day! No real info, silly quizzes about uniform etc! DOH!
Still, only another 10 years till retirement...................
No wonder old Ian Mac is leaving, can't say I blame him!
And I was so looking forward a week or so ago
Ho Hum.
And please don't get me going about Bristol BIG MISTAKE JIM, NONE OF US FEEL WE CAN TRUST YOU NOW!!!!!!
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oldflyboy,well said.If the employees can't trust the leadership team..not much hope for a harmonious,sucessful working relationship.essential elements for a customer focussed business.passengers will just love being greeted by disgruntled,troubled cabin crew,wondering what the company will do to them next.does anyone really think things will get any better,I think not !
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Hi Guys
Well now the reality has hit, the deal is signed, Jim French has YET AGAIN F***ED crew over.
Through this thread I have kept a lot of interest to see how you guys felt, both BACON and Flybe. And until the deal was signed everyone was excited, a new adventure. And I belived that this could be the GOOD turning point for Flybe, and hoped that they had learnt from previous mistakes, and had learnt not to SCREW crew over like they used to.
So thats why I kept my mouth shut and did not want to go off on one and slag Flybe management off, As I belived this could be a good thing for you guys and did not want to be the one to spoil want could of been a good party.
But good old Flybe management have beat me to it.
Even though I am no longer part of flybe, and flybe/BACON does not affect my career, I still am angry that Flybe screws people, and has screwed BRS.
I had many friends in Flybe that were pushed from pillar to post. Close your base but you can move to this one we are opening, then now you have moved we are clsing you down again.
Watch out BACON.
Flybe have given the pilots this to keep them as they need someone to drive, to keep the a/c going.
Cabin Crew your not as much as a concern, the way they see it you are easily replaced compared to Flight Deck (This is nothing against you Flight Deck Guys). You dont need the training like flight deck, you dont cost nowhere near as much to train, and there plenty of people looking for C/C jobs.
I think that my Ranting finished with now on Flybe, Feel a bit better now.
Anyway good luck guys wether BE or BACON.
Well now the reality has hit, the deal is signed, Jim French has YET AGAIN F***ED crew over.
Through this thread I have kept a lot of interest to see how you guys felt, both BACON and Flybe. And until the deal was signed everyone was excited, a new adventure. And I belived that this could be the GOOD turning point for Flybe, and hoped that they had learnt from previous mistakes, and had learnt not to SCREW crew over like they used to.
So thats why I kept my mouth shut and did not want to go off on one and slag Flybe management off, As I belived this could be a good thing for you guys and did not want to be the one to spoil want could of been a good party.
But good old Flybe management have beat me to it.
Even though I am no longer part of flybe, and flybe/BACON does not affect my career, I still am angry that Flybe screws people, and has screwed BRS.
I had many friends in Flybe that were pushed from pillar to post. Close your base but you can move to this one we are opening, then now you have moved we are clsing you down again.
Watch out BACON.
just seen in the terms & endearments thread that pilots will be getting a £3000 bonus if they are still with the company in 3 months time.what about cabin crew
Cabin Crew your not as much as a concern, the way they see it you are easily replaced compared to Flight Deck (This is nothing against you Flight Deck Guys). You dont need the training like flight deck, you dont cost nowhere near as much to train, and there plenty of people looking for C/C jobs.
I think that my Ranting finished with now on Flybe, Feel a bit better now.
Anyway good luck guys wether BE or BACON.
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Onward and Upuward
Well, nothing to be done AA but put a brave face on and get on with it. Our PM's are looking gloomy apparantly they went down to exeter for some sort of presentation, perhaps they are miserable because of that.
Our oldest PM goes on Monday, I'm going to see if I can get in to see him before then. We will miss him.
This thread seems to be drying up, does no-one in flybe apart from TeaAnyone read prune? Keep it going guys or it will drop off the bottom of the pages!
Any hot gossip??
Our oldest PM goes on Monday, I'm going to see if I can get in to see him before then. We will miss him.
This thread seems to be drying up, does no-one in flybe apart from TeaAnyone read prune? Keep it going guys or it will drop off the bottom of the pages!
Any hot gossip??
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Funny you mention this I noticed this as well.
I was wondering if it was because the reality has hit, and the excitement as SUDDENLY gone with the firstly the bad news about BRS, and maybe you guys have seen what may happen
When is the 'Official' move to flybe taking place. As in Service and PA's uniform ect.
You BACON guys still be in your BA stuff when you start operating as flybe?
Hows the moods in the BACON camp at the moment?
This thread seems to be drying up
I was wondering if it was because the reality has hit, and the excitement as SUDDENLY gone with the firstly the bad news about BRS, and maybe you guys have seen what may happen
When is the 'Official' move to flybe taking place. As in Service and PA's uniform ect.
You BACON guys still be in your BA stuff when you start operating as flybe?
Hows the moods in the BACON camp at the moment?
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How is it?
As you say AA, lots resigned to it, several keeping their options open. Several experienced crew leaving, couple of the ex Brymon girls who opened that base here at Brum are in last few days before they leave us. Most of the ex BAR crew going or gone, only 4 left by end of next week from the 87 who stayed when we formed Cityexpress.
We are now a very inexperienced base, the final history of BA will be wiped out when the decorators move in and start ripping down walls etc.
We will all be in Flybe uniform and delivering the Flybe product on the 25th March, but still operating with our BACON pilots on the Barbie on our current BA Sops. Last few RJ100 trips towards the end of the month, they will all be gone we are told by 25th, apart from a couple of ad-hoc charters.
Exeter is writing our April rosters God help us! Good news is that we go onto Flybe money from 1st April, so some of us will get more dosh, i.e. newish Pursers..............oh sorry mean Number Ones!! God this airline is amateur! Everything we hear about Flybe seems to give cause for concern, even our PM's look worried!!
Is it true the head of cabin services is a right C*W?
C'mon AA, get Stelios to open a base here!!
We are now a very inexperienced base, the final history of BA will be wiped out when the decorators move in and start ripping down walls etc.
We will all be in Flybe uniform and delivering the Flybe product on the 25th March, but still operating with our BACON pilots on the Barbie on our current BA Sops. Last few RJ100 trips towards the end of the month, they will all be gone we are told by 25th, apart from a couple of ad-hoc charters.
Exeter is writing our April rosters God help us! Good news is that we go onto Flybe money from 1st April, so some of us will get more dosh, i.e. newish Pursers..............oh sorry mean Number Ones!! God this airline is amateur! Everything we hear about Flybe seems to give cause for concern, even our PM's look worried!!
Is it true the head of cabin services is a right C*W?
C'mon AA, get Stelios to open a base here!!
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Sounds promising...
Didnt realise we were still working on the RJ (im on leave atm) I didnt think we could now that we belong to different companies.
Id love to know what its like down in the dungeons of T2 at the moment...i missed all the excitement when we started the BA Connect service last year because i was on leave!!!
Didnt realise we were still working on the RJ (im on leave atm) I didnt think we could now that we belong to different companies.
Id love to know what its like down in the dungeons of T2 at the moment...i missed all the excitement when we started the BA Connect service last year because i was on leave!!!
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Get over yourself Oldflyboy! purser, No1 what the hell does it matter what you are called (as long as you have a job) As you said you are a new NO1 so the power must have went to your head. You are in for a shock! if we are such amateurs then do you and us a favour and head to the job centre, if you can get that head through.
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Well said Dusty! We engineers are getting pretty cheesed off with the attitude of our new "colleagues"! The answer is quite simple, do us all a favour if you don't like it, foxtrot oscar, PLEASE!!