Ezy Crewing, Working 12 hrs without break
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From: Bedfordshire
viking 9,
can't mention names for obvious reasons,however, he holds the same post as you did in our last company.
As for the planet, we are all on mars.
I don't find it stressfull here sometimes under pressure but its all good character building stuff .
OPsgimp,
one controller and one officer to oversee all ezy brit and swiss crews.
ezydruid,
You are probably aware of the saying "sympathy is in the dictionary between !!!!! and Syphilis"
Airbob2k,
You are quiet, hows life at that up and coming airline in BIG...NOT
can't mention names for obvious reasons,however, he holds the same post as you did in our last company.
As for the planet, we are all on mars.
I don't find it stressfull here sometimes under pressure but its all good character building stuff .
OPsgimp,
one controller and one officer to oversee all ezy brit and swiss crews.
ezydruid,
You are probably aware of the saying "sympathy is in the dictionary between !!!!! and Syphilis"
Airbob2k,
You are quiet, hows life at that up and coming airline in BIG...NOT
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From: Northern Hemisphere
Swap u any time Marlowe.
U try juggling 271 flts a day, crew patterns that
have more in common with the landscape of the Somme, or Emmental cheese than an attempt to run an airline, and a management whose orbital path only intersects with that of
good old Mother Earth once in a lifetime.
After that, crawling over broken glass would seem like fun.
U try juggling 271 flts a day, crew patterns that
have more in common with the landscape of the Somme, or Emmental cheese than an attempt to run an airline, and a management whose orbital path only intersects with that of
good old Mother Earth once in a lifetime.
After that, crawling over broken glass would seem like fun.
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From: where ever i wake up!!!!
Eazydruid we have a crewing dept that looks at a map of europe spots BRISTOL on the map then finds FRANKFURT, thinks well its only six inches or so on the map lets get a crew to DRIVE there and allow 3 hours to do it! They even asked a crew to DRIVE from jersey to Guernsey and this is a crewing dept based on an island!
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From: Somewhere between here and there....
ah memories of crewing.... I once overheard a new crewing girl tell a new hostie "yep that's it, LGW-BAH then taxi back" - the odd thing is, the hostie believed her 
No wonder the white tops are moving to Germany.......
No wonder the white tops are moving to Germany.......
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From: Essex
ezydruid,
168 flts STN,EMA,BRS,GLA,EDI 27 B737
1 crewing officer, 12 hr shifts no problems with crew communication, if crewing wants a break Ops can help out for a while.
our crewing patterns a little more solid and cohesive than yours (but that might change) and as for management, well its been ok, but, again that may change.
Good luck to us all in the future, we'll probably need it.
Rgds PP
168 flts STN,EMA,BRS,GLA,EDI 27 B737
1 crewing officer, 12 hr shifts no problems with crew communication, if crewing wants a break Ops can help out for a while.
our crewing patterns a little more solid and cohesive than yours (but that might change) and as for management, well its been ok, but, again that may change.
Good luck to us all in the future, we'll probably need it.
Rgds PP
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From: Somewhere between here and there....
paperpusher
what if you don't drink !!!!! Crewing ain't stressfull anyway, it's mind over matter. Keep ahead of the problem, stay calm and plan your day as best as you can. If all else fails SCREAM !!!!
what if you don't drink !!!!! Crewing ain't stressfull anyway, it's mind over matter. Keep ahead of the problem, stay calm and plan your day as best as you can. If all else fails SCREAM !!!!
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From: Essex
Viking9
your right, mind over matter, I dont mind, and the rest don't matter, if all else fails, yes scream..
Seriously your post is right stay calm, keep your mind focused and with a little help from the team around you you'll get through.
Rgds PP
your right, mind over matter, I dont mind, and the rest don't matter, if all else fails, yes scream..
Seriously your post is right stay calm, keep your mind focused and with a little help from the team around you you'll get through.
Rgds PP
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Paperpusher
That's a first, Ops answering a crewing phone!.. Frequently i've answered the Ops phone when they are all asleep on nights and Crewing still working but vice versa - no chance...
Marlowe - heard that Chity Bang Bang Express is that bad, so ezydruid you might want to stay where you are...
That's a first, Ops answering a crewing phone!.. Frequently i've answered the Ops phone when they are all asleep on nights and Crewing still working but vice versa - no chance...
Marlowe - heard that Chity Bang Bang Express is that bad, so ezydruid you might want to stay where you are...
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From: Northern Hemisphere
Paperpusher.
Ref future: Amen to that.
Must get "unofficial night out arranged soonest for
both "teams".
Ref Crewing schedules : I could comment, but then someone
would have to shoot me
Seriously though, yr comments just prove that it can work
when the "coal face team" is given half a chance.
Finally:
Mr Angry.
Wind yr neck in. There are some who spend more time answering the crewing phones than covering their own jobs.
I'm sure that if positions were reversed, they'd bail yr rear out of the flames without a second thought.
Ref future: Amen to that.
Must get "unofficial night out arranged soonest for
both "teams".
Ref Crewing schedules : I could comment, but then someone
would have to shoot me
Seriously though, yr comments just prove that it can work
when the "coal face team" is given half a chance.
Finally:
Mr Angry.
Wind yr neck in. There are some who spend more time answering the crewing phones than covering their own jobs.
I'm sure that if positions were reversed, they'd bail yr rear out of the flames without a second thought.
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From: Essex
ezydruid
Leave it the workers and we will get along fine...
I did have a conversation with an Ops guy about 3/4 weeks back about a social, I e-mailed our lot, all up for it, sent some dates back but never got a reply. We'll be one and the same soon and with a bit of luck we will have a coming together party..
Rgds PP
I did have a conversation with an Ops guy about 3/4 weeks back about a social, I e-mailed our lot, all up for it, sent some dates back but never got a reply. We'll be one and the same soon and with a bit of luck we will have a coming together party..
Rgds PP
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From: BOURNEMOUTH!!!!
Hello.
No offence to anyone, but I was unhappy with a position I had at a.. "bournemouth Charter" and I said something.. I am now in a postion that i fell a lot happier in.
Its never confortable to talk to higher mortals than yourself, but sometimes it has to be done!..
Management aren't mindreaders and yes "sometimes" they are actually busy to notice you being "unhappy".
Maybe if you lot focased some of your energy into talking to those higher beings instead of whinging on pprune(lets face it we all do) you might actually get what you are looking for, or at lest an answer which make you fell more "comfortable".
OPSGIMP... hmmm.. that takes a lot of thinking to know who you are! (shhh.. sectret safe with me)
No offence to anyone, but I was unhappy with a position I had at a.. "bournemouth Charter" and I said something.. I am now in a postion that i fell a lot happier in.
Its never confortable to talk to higher mortals than yourself, but sometimes it has to be done!..
Management aren't mindreaders and yes "sometimes" they are actually busy to notice you being "unhappy".
Maybe if you lot focased some of your energy into talking to those higher beings instead of whinging on pprune(lets face it we all do) you might actually get what you are looking for, or at lest an answer which make you fell more "comfortable".
OPSGIMP... hmmm.. that takes a lot of thinking to know who you are! (shhh.. sectret safe with me)
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Cheshire
What if mismanagement are aware of the shortfalls and still nothing gets done,it gets to the point if now one else higher up the food chain gives a flying 4ork why should the plebs on the front line bust their balls to keep the operation running.
What if mismanagement are aware of the shortfalls and still nothing gets done,it gets to the point if now one else higher up the food chain gives a flying 4ork why should the plebs on the front line bust their balls to keep the operation running.
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From: BOURNEMOUTH!!!!
Well thats the privellages they get for being management, there are always things that appear "never getting done".
(i.e I still haven't got uniform 4 months after first ordering)
Thats just one of those facts of life!
You just have to nag and nag........... and if its effecting you as much as you say it is then make it your responsibility to ensure your boss doesn't "forget".
And dont bust your balls!!!! let them see you are struggling they wont realise otherwise.
(i.e I still haven't got uniform 4 months after first ordering)
Thats just one of those facts of life!
You just have to nag and nag........... and if its effecting you as much as you say it is then make it your responsibility to ensure your boss doesn't "forget".
And dont bust your balls!!!! let them see you are struggling they wont realise otherwise.