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KLM steal UK ABZ jobs
16:00 - 01 August 2003
Around 30 airline staff are surplus to requirements in Aberdeen due to a route being replaced.
KLM is replacing Fokker aircraft on the Aberdeen-Amsterdam route with Boeing 737s.
A spokeswoman said 31 KLM Cityhopper cabin crew based in Aberdeen were now surplus to requirements.
This is because the new aircraft will be crewed by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines staff based in Amsterdam.
Workers in Aberdeen affected by the move were told of the situation yesterday.
The spokeswoman said they had been given three options - redundancy, relocation to Amsterdam or a move to another UK airport.
The spokeswoman stressed there would be no change in the number of flights on the route.
She added: "These are bigger, better planes than the Fokkers. Aberdeen is a key airport for KLM."
One member of the Aberdeen staff said last night: "We are angry that Aberdeen jobs are being lost to Amsterdam. We are unhappy at the way it has been handled. There has been a lack of communication from KLM."
The staff member added: "There had been rumours circling for many months that Aberdeen jobs were at risk.
"However, the company never said anything until June when a top KLM representative visited the base in Aberdeen to meet the staff.
"Quite a few of the people went along for what we thought was an innocent briefing.
"It was then we were told KLM was considering closing the base and having voluntary redundancies.
"We were told a decision would be made in the near future - we were going to be told within a fortnight.
"However, there was no communication until today."
KLM TO AXE 31 ABERDEEN STAFF AS PLANES ARE SWITCHED
09:00 - 01 August 2003
More than 30 airline staff in Aberdeen face an uncertain future.
KLM is replacing Fokker aircraft on the Aberdeen-Amsterdam route with Boeing 737s.
A spokeswoman said yesterday this meant 31 KLM Cityhopper cabin crew based in Aberdeen were now surplus to requirements for the service.
This is because the new aircraft will be crewed by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines staff based in Amsterdam.
Around 30 airline staff are surplus to requirements in Aberdeen due to a route being replaced.
KLM is replacing Fokker aircraft on the Aberdeen-Amsterdam route with Boeing 737s.
A spokeswoman said 31 KLM Cityhopper cabin crew based in Aberdeen were now surplus to requirements.
This is because the new aircraft will be crewed by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines staff based in Amsterdam.
Workers in Aberdeen affected by the move were told of the situation yesterday.
The spokeswoman said they had been given three options - redundancy, relocation to Amsterdam or a move to another UK airport.
The spokeswoman stressed there would be no change in the number of flights on the route.
She added: "These are bigger, better planes than the Fokkers. Aberdeen is a key airport for KLM."
One member of the Aberdeen staff said last night: "We are angry that Aberdeen jobs are being lost to Amsterdam. We are unhappy at the way it has been handled. There has been a lack of communication from KLM."
The staff member added: "There had been rumours circling for many months that Aberdeen jobs were at risk.
"However, the company never said anything until June when a top KLM representative visited the base in Aberdeen to meet the staff.
"Quite a few of the people went along for what we thought was an innocent briefing.
"It was then we were told KLM was considering closing the base and having voluntary redundancies.
"We were told a decision would be made in the near future - we were going to be told within a fortnight.
"However, there was no communication until today."
KLM TO AXE 31 ABERDEEN STAFF AS PLANES ARE SWITCHED
09:00 - 01 August 2003
More than 30 airline staff in Aberdeen face an uncertain future.
KLM is replacing Fokker aircraft on the Aberdeen-Amsterdam route with Boeing 737s.
A spokeswoman said yesterday this meant 31 KLM Cityhopper cabin crew based in Aberdeen were now surplus to requirements for the service.
This is because the new aircraft will be crewed by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines staff based in Amsterdam.
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This is part of multinational business- it happens. It's not theft of jobs, it's business trying to do what its shareholders want which is to maximise returns. Companies close foreign arms, companies open foreign bases and close them. BA sadly got rid of its Thai based Cabin Crew a couple of years back. It happens. At least there is the offer to keep the job in AMS.
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Notso, you miss the point. The Aberdeen base has been there since the days of Air UK, which was a UK company. These overseas owners have no regard for their foreign workforce, KLM especially are very parochial.
There are too many foreign airlines operating in Scotland without regard for local employment. Manx Air, Flyglobespan, Air Scotland to name but 3 are all foreign aircraft and foreign crew.
KLM is but another nail in the coffin of Scottish Aviation.
There are too many foreign airlines operating in Scotland without regard for local employment. Manx Air, Flyglobespan, Air Scotland to name but 3 are all foreign aircraft and foreign crew.
KLM is but another nail in the coffin of Scottish Aviation.
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I do sympathise, but if they are foreign, is the investment from abroad as well? We don't live in a socialist directed business environment- the EEC charters free movement of investment and labour. KLM have a perfect right to decide that they shall run the business as they wish. It is not 'stealing' jobs and it is the headline that grates. How nice it would be if local investment could provide such employment opportunities, but perhaps we should ask why we rely on a foreign business to provide jobs at ABZ. Maybe answers like 'hostile UK Government policies to business and excessive taxation' would be forthcoming.
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Notso, sorry but you do not seem to understand the economics of it, let me put it in simple language.
The 3 airlines I mentioned (well 2 of them could be called 'airlines', god knows what you would call Air Scotland), are all funded by local enterprise. The fact they choose to use 'foreign' labour is what 'grates'...
There is little enough opportunity for an aviation career in Scotland without the misguided views of these start ups.
The 3 airlines I mentioned (well 2 of them could be called 'airlines', god knows what you would call Air Scotland), are all funded by local enterprise. The fact they choose to use 'foreign' labour is what 'grates'...
There is little enough opportunity for an aviation career in Scotland without the misguided views of these start ups.
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There are too many foreign airlines operating in Scotland without regard for local employment. Manx Air, Flyglobespan, Air Scotland to name but 3 are all foreign aircraft and foreign crew.
Flyglobespan are operated by Channel Express onbehalf of the tour operator Globespan. The aircraft TF-ELR & TF-ELC are under Icelandic AOC due to restrictions with the cargo door on these aircraft. They are both quick change aircraft. They operate night mail services for Channex by night.
I believe they are in the process of being transferred to Channels AOC and will be G- registered shortly. (This is what I have heard on the grape vine anyway).
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I worked with Air UK Ltd in EDI and was at the base meeting where it was announced that both EDI and ABZ bases were closing. It was a sad time and many crew had to relocate to NWI and LBA to keep their jobs.
I also had NLM reps on a flight of mine and they were checking out service and galley space etc...
Well, that was just the start back in 86/ 87 and ABZ now suffers again.
It was one of the best bases and it was always a pleasure to night stop up there. A fantastic bunch of people under the gentle kosh of one Maggie McNally...
It's life, it's business, it's the industry...whatever you want to call it, but it's also a damn shame!
I also had NLM reps on a flight of mine and they were checking out service and galley space etc...
Well, that was just the start back in 86/ 87 and ABZ now suffers again.
It was one of the best bases and it was always a pleasure to night stop up there. A fantastic bunch of people under the gentle kosh of one Maggie McNally...
It's life, it's business, it's the industry...whatever you want to call it, but it's also a damn shame!
