Blimey think I may go Part time lol

Way to go AA - I've never been happier! (ok, the Airbus will, one day, be the icing on the cake.....):)

Shudders at the thought of LTN Airbus :\ :}

Do like the wide aisle though, and the bright cabin

I moved to Airbus at EMA from LTN about 8 months ago - Still miss the Boeing, it has it's charms! Wide Aisle is a godsend, as well as a lot of the gadgets on it. The Rear Galley Arrangement is not to my liking though!

Friar.......
 

....LTN isn't the same without you

how sweet! completely true of course :p PM me who you are - I have my suspicions!

easyjet cabin crew leave
 

Two days before the bidding opens for next years leave, the management have put out a notice to cabin crew saying they can only bid for NINE days leave in the summer and 21 days in the winter. This appears to have happened without any consultation with us. This will do wonders for moral and I hope the union will take this matter up with some urgency before loads of people start resigning

I have already contacted the union about this. It is totally unacceptable, I would strongly urge ALL union members to protest in the loudest possible terms to their union reps.

DO NOT take this lieing down. The Level 2 NTC was laughable, saying that this is being introduced owing to in previous years crew members having had 3 or 4 weeks leave in the summer period - I for one in all the years I have been with easyJet not known anyone to have this amount of time off. Also regarding the line that said "reflect a growing business that needs to balance the lifestyle of its crew with an efficient operation" is complete and utter twaddle.

ONCE AGAIN I urge all members to contact your reps, urge the union to take a vote over this (not for industrial acton) to find out whether crew think it is acceptable or unacceptable - the union can then go back to the company about this and press them to rescind the rule.

Yeah come back to LTN and the world of Boeing,
For n ow anyway lol

9 days in the summer is no use if you want to book a holiday. Why not 11 0r 12? They just want us to take our leave when it suits them

9 days off in the summer is absolutely absurd! You cant, for example, go on a full 2weeks holiday, and if you have children you cant spend a decent summer holiday with them and must importantly, april-sept is the time of the year when we work the hardest and therefore need as much break as possible surely they cant expect us to only have 9days of leave?
At the end of the day, the only reason they are doing this is so they can work us even harder if they cant recruit enough people to cover for all the new routes they will be introducing.
one thing i dont understand though is, why is it not thesame with the FD? surely if it is as they said in the NTC2 "more balanced system", then thesame thing should apply to the FD as well.

Couldn't agree more about the timing of this announcement - last minute, in the hope we'll just panic and bid anyway. Everyone must e-mail their BCCM's asap and protest. 9 days between 01 apr and 30 sep will probably mean increased sickness next summer. I guess the new uniform had a price after all.:suspect:

Santas Little Helper is probably right. It will do wonders for crew morals. However not sure what it will do to morale though!

9 Days Booking Leave

Ok I think I know why this may of happened.
Currently recruitment for UK bases is now fixed term (eg like a temp contrct FOR PEOPLE APPLYING NOW not current crew) so the leave has been adapted for that reason. But they have forgot about us Full Time contract crew and our entitlements.

From what I heard yesterday the Union have been fully imformed and they are currently on the case to sort this issue out and go back to how it should be.

Surely some dumbo should have thought of that! Then admin never has been the strong point of EZY or other airlines for that matter.

Have those morons in Hangar 89 not thought of the blindingly obvious? - If crew can only take 9 days in the 7 month summer season, and the remaining 21 days have to be taken in the shorter 5 month summer season, the company WILL NOT be able to accomodate all cabin crew to be off in the 5 months period that the 21 days can be taken.

This will mean that the company will no doubt have to buy our leave off of us - hopefully this will lead to the moron in Hangar 89 who approved this policy getting the boot.

And if this policy is good enough for cabin crew, it should apply to ALL OPM's and BCCM's and dumbasses in Hangar 89!

There was a feeling of mutiny in the crew room at LGW yesterday when I was there and I would not be at all surprised if crew were willing to strike over this. This needs to be sorted out ASAP! :*

This new fixed term contract they have offered is really bad! if you think only giving us 9 days leave in the summer is bad... they don't even get to pick thier leave, it is all allocated..

Surely this should only improve flexibility in the leave the Permanant crew wish to take, and use the temps to fill in the gaps, either way, its a pretty :mad: deal for all involved

The fized term contract is not a temporary contract. Yes, you are told up front you will be emplyed for a specific period of time but it is also made very clear that at the end of that period it's likely you will be kept on. In a way, it's more like they are wanting the flexibility of the option not to continue someone's employment if they aren't performing properly as well as not being able to qualify keeping someone on in the quieter months.

May I ask where you were or who told you this?..........................

but it is also made very clear that at the end of that period it's likely you will be kept on

Airbourne... can you keep us in the loop if you hear of what steps the Union is taking, please...